Florist's same-sex ruling thrown out
Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, it threw out a ruling against a Washington florist who refused to sell flowers to a same-sex couple for their wedding, according to NBC News. The move sends the florist’s case back to Washington state’s supreme court to consider in light of the recent baker decision, which found the state’s civil rights commission was biased against his religious beliefs. Washington state’s attorney general said he believes the state’s court will reach the same conclusion it did before the baker ruling. NBC reports the issue is likely to be back in front of the Supreme Court soon as similar cases work their way through lower courts.
Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, it threw out a ruling against a Washington florist who refused to sell flowers to a same-sex couple for their wedding, according to NBC News. The move sends the florist’s case back to Washington state’s supreme court to consider in light of the recent baker decision, which found the state’s civil rights commission was biased against his religious beliefs. Washington state’s attorney general said he believes the state’s court will reach the same conclusion it did before the baker ruling. NBC reports the issue is likely to be back in front of the Supreme Court soon as similar cases work their way through lower courts.
