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Washington Florist Settles With Gay Couple, Ends Court Battle

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already declined, in July, to hear Stutzman’s case, after state courts had ruled that she violated Washington’s antidiscrimination law.

But she and her lawyers from the anti-LGBTQ+ group Alliance Defending Freedom had asked the high court to reconsider. She has now ended that effort, she announced in a letter on the ADF website.In 2013, Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, turned down longtime customer Robert Ingersoll’s request to provide floral arrangements for his wedding to Curt Freed.

Although she describes Ingersoll as a “dear friend,” she said she could not work on his wedding because of her Christian beliefs.“It’s hard to believe that so many years have passed since my dear friend Rob came into my flower shop and asked.

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