Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief, joined by eight other organizations, in the Washington Supreme Court in two companion cases brought on behalf of a gay couple against Arlene’s Flowers for refusing to sell flowers for their wedding. The business claims a religious right to refuse to sell floral arrangements to same-sex couples for weddings and also claims a right to reject same-sex couples because arranging flowers involves artistic expression that, Arlene’s Flowers’ owner contends, should be protected as free speech.
