JUDGE AUTHORIZES ‘PERSONAL RUIN’ FOR CHRISTIAN FLORIST Says state, same-sex couple can demand home, savings as damages

by Joseph Saraceno

105nHI.AuSt.13A judge in Washington on Wednesday authorized the “personal ruin” of a florist whose Christian faith prevented her from promoting a same-sex wedding and who was sued by both the state and the homosexual couple.

Officials with the Alliance Defending Freedom confirmed that Benton County Superior Court Judge Alex Ekstrom granted a summary judgment in the case against Barronelle Stutzman, so the case won’t proceed to trial now. It had been scheduled for March 23. MORE