High court will not hear case regarding florist and same-sex wedding

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case from a florist who refused a same-sex wedding job, according to a report from the Associated Press. By deciding to not hear the case, the decision of a lower court that the florist broke state anti-discrimination laws will stay in place. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch said they would have agreed to hear the case and review the decision; however, four justices are needed for the court to take a case. In 2018, the high court ordered the state of Washington courts to take a new look at the case involving florist Barronelle Stutzman and her business. At that time, the Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state courts did not act with animosity toward religion when they ruled Stutzman broke the state’s anti-discrimination laws by refusing on religious grounds to provide flowers for the wedding of Rob Ingersoll and Curt Freed.