Stories tagged with: barronelle stutzman

• High court urged to accept florist's appeal

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, August 24, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling it says requires a Washington state florist to violate her faith convictions or forfeit her business.

  The ERLC joined Roman Catholic and Jewish organizations, as well as a Muslim imam, in an Aug. 21 friend-of-the-court brief in support of Barronelle Stutzman, a Southern Baptist who declined to design flowers for a same-sex wedding. The brief argues the high court should accept the case to reaffirm that the practice of faith "does not end when a religious believer leaves her home or place of worship" and ... Read More

• Court signals religious freedom victory for artist

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, August 03, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

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  MADISON, Wisc. (BP) -- A self-employed evangelical Christian photographer can reject job requests based on her religious beliefs against same-sex marriage, a Wisconsin county court and government officials have agreed.

  Judge Richard Niess of the Dane County Circuit Court agreed Monday (Aug. 1) to sign an order within coming weeks signifying that city and state public accommodation laws do not apply to photographer and blogger Amy Lynn Lawson, the sole owner of Amy Lynn Photography Studio in Madison, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. Lawson works on commission and does not have a physical storefront. Read More

• Florist aims for Supreme Court for religious liberty

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, February 16, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

  OLYMPIA, Wash. (BP) -- Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman has lost her appeal of a ruling declaring she cannot refuse business that violates her religious beliefs.

  The Washington Supreme Court today (Feb. 16) upheld a lower court ruling convicting Stutzman of violating the federal and state civil rights of Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed when she refused to design floral arrangements for their homosexual wedding nearly four years ago. Read More

• Religious liberty of florist, bakers in courts' hands

  by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, November 18, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

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  BELLEVUE, Wash. (BP) -- A 71-year-old Washington florist and young Oregon bakers are among Christian small business owners awaiting court decisions on their right to refuse business violating their religious beliefs.

  Southern Baptist florist Barronelle Stutzman is awaiting a ruling from the Washington State Supreme Court on her appeal of a judgment against her for refusing to design a floral arrangement for a gay wedding. Read More