Florist With Gay-Marriage Objection Rejected by Supreme Court
- She challenged order requiring compliance with anti-bias law
- Three conservative justices say they would have heard appeal
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The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a long-pending appeal from a florist who won’t provide flowers for same-sex weddings, declining to rejoin a divisive debate at the intersection of gay and religious rights.
Acting a day after releasing the final opinions of their term, the justices refused to hear arguments from Barronelle Stutzman, a Southern Baptist woman who owns Arlene’s Flowers and Gifts in Richland, Washington. A lower court ordered her to comply with a state anti-discrimination law and pay a $1,000 penalty.