Consider the case of Barronelle Stutzman. A grandmother from Richland, Washington, Stutzman worked as a florist for most of her professional life. For more than nine years, she willingly served Robert Ingersoll and his same sex-partner, whom she knew to be a couple. She created many floral arrangements to help them celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, and other special events.
In 2012, an employee told Stutzman that Ingersoll was going to ask her to provide flowers for his wedding ceremony. She talked it over with her husband and concluded:
"My faith teaches me that marriage is between one man and one woman. Marriage is sacred covenant between a man and a woman, as Christ is to the church. To create and design something from my heart that helps celebrate their marriage would be dishonoring to God, and my convictions."
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