Second Suit Filed Against Florist Who Refused To Sell Flowers For Same-Sex Wedding

The ACLU of Washington State announced last week that it has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Kennewick, Washington florist who refused, because of her religious beliefs, to sell a male couple flowers for their same-sex wedding. The state-court complaint (full text) in Ingersoll v. Arlene's Flowers, (WA Super. Ct., filed 4/18/2013), seeks an injunction and damages for violation of the Washington Law Against Discrimination and the Washington Consumer Protection Act. The suit by the same-sex couple follows a similar one against the florist filed by the Washington state attorney general earlier this month. (See prior posting.)