The trial of a flower shop owner in Richland, Wash., is now underway in a case that pits religious freedom against gay rights.

Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene's Flowers, is being sued by the state attorney general and a homosexual couple after objecting to providing flowers for their same-sex wedding because of her Christian faith.

The state attorney general argues she discriminated. Stutzman's attorney says the case is not about discrimination but freedom of religion.

On Friday, her attorney asked Benton County Superior Court Judge Salvador Mendoza to recuse himself because he knows one of the plaintiffs.

Mendoza was on the board of Columbia Basin College where plaintiff Curt Freed teaches. But the judge refused to step down from the case, saying he did not know Freed outside of interacting with him during board meetings.

The judge said he would give his decision in a few weeks after he's reviewed the briefs.

Meanwhile, a gay couple in Florida is the first to see immigration benefits approved, following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage last week.

A Bulgarian graduate student and his American partner were married in New York. Their marriage is still not recognized in Florida.

But on Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services notified the men that their green card petition was approved and could eventually lead to citizenship.

http://cbn.com/tv/2522243964001

You didn't source the last 3 (4?) paragraphs, the website you cited said nothing about them.

Also, isn't Christian Broadcasting Network a bit biased? The point of the news is to be as unbiased as possible, a religious based station puts that at risk.

Your source also fails to mention that "Under state law, it's illegal for businesses to refuse to sell goods, merchandise and services to any person because of their sexual orientation." So the shop owners are in the wrong, IMO.

Another source here

>>2 "Under state law, it's illegal for businesses to refuse to sell goods, merchandise and services to any person because of their sexual orientation." the law is messed up! if someone refuse to sell there goods to someone else then that person should go somewhere else. there was plenty of other flower shops to go to. so why go throw the trouble of sueing someone just because thay won't sell to you? just go somewhere else!

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Please type using proper grammar. You are using a computer; there is no reason for your grammar to be this atrocious.

In other news, as along as the shop owners can prove that they have refused buisiness to another person, they can claim that they simply 'Didn't like them' and pull the whole 'It's my buisiness, I can refuse service' speel.

STOP REPLYING TO YOUR OWN BLOODY POSTS UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES! WE ALL SEE YOUR IP ADRESS!

>>5 they arent replying to their own posts.. their replying to everyone elses