Christian Florist Barronelle Stutzman Just Settled a Lawsuit Filed Against Her — Without Compromising Her Religious Beliefs

Barronelle Stutzman, a 77-year-old great-grandmother, loved arranging flowers for her customers. She serviced all kinds of customers without regard to what they did in their private lives. A man she called a “dear friend,” Rob Ingersoll, obviously knew this about her, and he knew she does not support homosexual “marriage.” Yet Ingersoll asked Stutzman to arrange flowers for his “wedding” to another man.

Stutzman declined, citing her beliefs. She wouldn’t use her God-given artistic talents to make flower arrangements for services that conflicted with her religious belief that marriage is the union between one man and one woman. Stutzman gave Ingersoll recommendations for other florists and thought they’d parted on good terms. He also could have bought pre-arranged flowers, but he didn’t. He decided to punish his Christian “friend.”

Ingersoll complained, and the state’s attorney general and the ACLU went after Stutzman’s business and her personally. She faced the loss of her home, business, and life savings… (Excerpts from Black Community News)