The Gay Pride Flag is seen on Sept. 2, 2016 State high court reaffirms ruling in favor of same-sex couple No sign of intolerance on behalf of bodies that considered case The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in favor of a Christian baker doesn’t change a ruling that a Christian florist was properly fined for discriminating against a same-sex couple, the Washington Supreme Court said. Reconsidering a previous ruling at the direction of the high court, the state Supreme Court reaffirmed a judgment in favor of Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed, who successfully sued the florist, Barronelle Stutzman, for refusing to sell flowers for the couple’s wedding. The “adjudicatory bodies that considered this case did not act with religious animus when they ruled that the florist and her corporation violated the Washington Law Against Discrimination” and “did not act with religious animus when they ruled that such discrimination is not privileged or excused by” the U.S. or Washington Constitutions, Judge Gordon McCloud wrote for the court. The controversy could again wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court and is one of many discrimination disputes to grab the spotlight after its decision that the right to marry extends to same-sex couples, […]
