As if we hadn’t seen enough of these kinds of stories already:

A florist in Washington state refuses to provide flowers for a gay man’s wedding, even though he’s been a customer for nine years. 

Barronelle Stuzman, the owner of Arelene’s Flowers in Richland, said she couldn’t sell longtime customer Rob Ingersoll his wedding flowers because of her religion.

“And I just took his hands and I said I’m sorry I can’t do your wedding because of my relationship with Jesus Christ,” said Stuzman, who believes marriage should be between one man and one woman.

Ingersoll said he does respect her views, but he was shocked this never came up in all the years he and his partner have been customers at the store, even sending flowers to each other.

“It came as a shock to me because I’ve had a nine year relationship with Barronelle and have never thought there was a reason that she wouldn’t…” said Ingersoll in tears.

But Stuzman insists she does not discriminate against same sex couples or any group for that matter. “We hire gay people. I have friends that are gay, that wasn’t the issue. The issue is that I just didn’t want to participate in the marriage,” she said.

The story has already spread on Facebook, and the woman has received tons of messages from people saying they’ll never shop at her store again — and some saying the opposite. Stuzman technically violated Washington’s anti-discrimination laws, but no word on whether Ingersoll will take legal action. Lordy lordy.