ALLIANCE ALERT 06/07/2019 WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT IGNORE SCOTUS RULING!

	Washington State Supreme Court: Round II, and Still No Freedom for a Florist and Her Beliefs
It was the second round at the Washington Supreme Court in State of Washington v. Arlene’s Flowers. And almost a year passed before the Court repeated most of what it said before, which boils down to “no freedom for a florist to live out her faith.” Instructed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 to revisit its 2017 ruling against Christian florist Barronelle Stutzman, the state high court repeated verbatim much of what it had said two years ago, again stripping away Barronelle’s freedom to live consistently with her faith. The case—which Alliance Defending Freedom plans to appeal once more to the U.S. Supreme Court—had been sent back to the Washington Supreme Court for review in light of the 7-2 decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, where Justices reminded government officials that there is no room in the Constitution for government hostility toward religion. But, from this week’s ruling, it certainly seems that the Washington Supreme Court did not clearly hear the U.S. Supreme Court’s message. Let's take a look

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