Rhode Island Flower Shops Sued for Refusing to Deliver Flowers to Teenage Atheist (W/Pics)
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By: Doug Barry
After Jessica Ahlquist, unabashed teenage atheist and crusader against ? , successfully sued her Rhode Island high school to take its prayer mural taken down last January, we hoped that she'd be able to take her $40,000 scholarship and ride off triumphantly into college sunset, confident that she'd be equipped to handle any religious hand-wringing she might meet later in her life. Unfortunately, the flower peddlers in Cranston, Rhode Island are not just famous for their peonies (although I'm sure those are lovely) — they're also earning renown for their ability to nurse a grudge.
The Providence Journal reports that the Freedom From Religion Foundation's attempt to send some congratulatory flowers to Ahlquist was thwarted by a Cranston florist named Marina Plowman, who refused to send a dozen red roses to Ahlquist because some people are still irked by her willingess to, you know, insist that Cranston High School West continue to recognize the reasonable separation between church and state.
By way of riposte, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has sued Plowman, claiming that, by refusing to take its order, Plowman was denying the Foundation access to "public accommodations."
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As an atheist I hope she loses this lawsuit.
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A private person has the right to associate with whomever they wish. While protections exists for race, age, etc they do not exist for the ideas we hold. If someone does not want to do business with me because I am an atheist they are completely within their rights.
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^^^^My exact sentiment!
I'm not an atheist though -
it's also nonsense because you're now declaring a private business that sells FLOWERS to be public accommodations and, for some reason, presenting this as if it's the single business that provides this service. you can't take your business elsewhere and publicly state why in order to prove your point?
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Whinny athiest ? !
