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Posted: 2019-06-06T18:40:38Z | Updated: 2019-06-06T18:42:46Z

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state courts had not acted with religious animus when they held that a florist violated the states anti-discrimination law by refusing to sell flowers to a same-sex couple for their wedding.

In this latest decision, the high court upheld its 2017 opinion that found Barronelle Stutzman and her business, Arlenes Flowers, had unlawfully discriminated against Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed by denying them service on religious grounds in 2013.

We are thrilled that the Court has reaffirmed its ruling in our favor, Freed and Ingersoll said in a statement. Discrimination hurts, especially while planning what should be one of the happiest times of your life. We hope that this ruling will prevent what happened to us from happening to others.