article_snippet.sent: A florist in eastern Washington state fined $1,000 for refusing to sell a same-sex couple wedding flowers and also facing a consumer-protection lawsuit has netted more than $87,000 in a crowdfunding campaign.
article_snippet.sent: Supporters compare Baronelle Stutzman's benefit page to an Indiana pizza shop that raised more than $800,000 after closing when the owner said the shop wouldn't cater a gay wedding.
article_snippet.sent: An online campaign for Richland, Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman (pictured) has raised over $87,000 after A florist in eastern Washington state was fined for refusing to provide a gay couple with flowers for An online campaign for Richland, Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman (pictured) 2013 wedding .
article_snippet.sent: Stutzman, owner of Arlene's Flowers and Gifts in Richland, Washington, received the fine in Benton County Superior Court in March after refusing to serve same-sex couple Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: In a February ruling, Benton County Superior Judge Alexander Ekstrom found that Stutzman's refusal to provide flowers because of sexual orientation violated Washington's anti-discrimination and consumer protection laws.
article_snippet.sent: Along with the fine, the judge's ruling also requires that everything Arlene's Flowers sells to opposite-sex couples has to be available at the same price to same-sex couples.
article_snippet.sent: Breaking the law: In February,  a Benton County judge ruled that Stutzman's refusal to provide flowers for the ceremony was a violation of anti-discrimination and consumer protection laws.
highlights_snippet.sent: Baronelle Stutzman was fined $1,000 for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex marriage in 2013 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: In February, a judge ruled that Baronelle Stutzman violated anti-discrimination and consumer protection laws by not working on the gay couple's wedding .