Now the jackboots don't just attack on a business level, they come after it all

As a Washington-state Christian florist is discovering:

Before the lawsuit, Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Wash., had employed workers who identify as homosexual and sold floral arrangements to gay and lesbian customers.
One such customer turned out to be one of the men who would sue her for not being willing to be hired for their same-sex wedding.
Unlike businesses that face similar lawsuits for refusing to provide specific wedding-related services to gay and lesbian couples on religious grounds—among them bakers in Oregon and farmers in New York—Stutzman is being sued in both a professional and personal capacity.

For crying out loud, she even referred the homosexual couple to some other florists who would be willing to do business with them.  One of the guys had even been a valued customer for some time, making the situation touchy.

Then the state attorney general got involved, invoking RCW 49.60.030, the state's freedom-from-discrimination law.  I'm no legal scholar, but it looks to me like the AG's interpretation of this statute runs squarely up against the first amendment of the federal Constitution.

This situation is pitting the ACLU against the Alliance Defending Freedom, an attorney from which is representing Stutzman.

[ADF lawyer] Waggoner says it is unprecedented for the Washington attorney general’s office to sue a family business owner in a personal capacity unless that owner has committed acts of fraud or misrepresentation.
“They’re trying to set an example of her and punish her,” says Waggoner, noting the suit has the potential to cripple Stutzman’s livelihood. “She’s not wealthy, so common sense would tell you that it’s going to hurt pretty bad.”

Along with the Christianity-hating aspect of this, it's important to keep the economic-liberty aspect front and center.  Stutzman made a point of helping the gay guys to see their options.  At this late date in post-America, there are scads of florists willing to try to legitimize homosexual "marriage," and nothing was stopping this couple from moving on to one of them.