Tennessee florist refuses service to Republican National Committee

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A Republican National Convention fundraising event scheduled this weekend could go without flowers after a florist in Nashville, Tennessee, reportedly refused to provide its services over the GOP's gun positionsThe FLWR Shop wrote a letter to the Republican National Committee, saying the shop had received a request to provide floral arrangements for a Nashville fundraising event planned for mid-April. The letter, which was made public on Instagram, indicates that former President Donald Trump and "other prominent members of the Republican party" will be in attendance.

The shop said it declined the opportunity, noting instead that it would use the spotlight to push the GOP on its stance on gun violence. Going even further, the letter encourages fellow small business owners in the area to follow its lead.

"We would like to challenge others in the Nashville event industry to say no to taking money or jobs from the Republican party until they begin to make the changes to gun laws that most Americans are calling for," the flower shop wrote in the letter on Instagram.

To further clarify the shop's stance, the owner posted in the caption on Instagram that they feel it's appropriate at times to mix personal beliefs with business.

https://www.rawstory.com/rnc-denied-service/

[BOSSHOG]

1. John Roberts will settle this matter

During next years session. You can’t deny a request by freedom haters. It’s right there in the constitution. Slappy and Sammy the rat Alito concur. Trumps three stooges do what they’re paid to do. Our three angels will provide “balance.”

[3auld6phart]

5. AveryBrave

Florist. The floret lives almost in the heart MAGa redneck cointry.Bravo good florst

[onetexan]

16. Amazing isn't it?

Bravo & kudos to the florist!!👏🇺🇸

[LymphocyteLover]

8. freedom for me but not for thee, is their motto

[iemanja]

15. Businesses can deny services to anyone they want

The only exception is members of a protected class, and the court just removed LGBTQ from that designation.

[hatrack]

20. I don't think "reactionary asshole" is a protected class, so goose, gander, sauce . . .

[GP6971]

2. Good for them!

Sacrificing $$ on principle.

[rickford66]

3. I'm sure there's plenty of business owners with religious beliefs against Republicans.

[tanyev]

4. Womp WOMP!

[onenote]

6. this is a story from last April

Wouldn't surprise me that the RNC found someone else to provide flowers.

[Igel]

10. And their ability to do this has squat to do with any recent SCOTUS decision. n/t

[usonian]

7. FLWR Shop

https://www.flwrshop.com/

Looking for birthdays ... whatever.

[republianmushroom]

9. I like it

now the other shoe drops.

[Meadowoak]

11. I'd like to buy a huge flower arrangement for Marsha Blackburn, if she would just die.

[NewDayOranges]

14. 😁

[ShazzieB]

18. I'd chip in.

If only.

[Silent Type]

12. Seems fair.

[slightlv]

13. Maybe I'm not the only one for whom

this past week of SCOTUS was the one toke over the line too many. I'm glad to see someone fighting back in small ways, especially non-violently. I especially like giving the a taste of their own medicine.

Gee RWNJs... wonder whatever happened to your vaunted belief that the free market will sort it all out. I think tit for tat is the rule now, free market be damned. Instead of a free market, we've got the "market" divided up into all sorts of little "sincerely held" religious beliefs. Wonder how that's going to be for profits, eh PTB.

Biden needs to get over his sense of non-politicization about the SCOTUS. Otherwise, we're not going to have a country left to compromise with. He needs to understand (and I can't believe he doesn't) that they don't compromise; they don't cooperate. They don't build up. They tear down and destroy. And right now, it's our rights and ability to live our lives peacefully and productively that they're stripping away from us. At the very least, expand to match the circuit courts. That's not packing the court; that's simply recognizing the court has languished for modernity as much as the rest of our infrastructure.

[moondust]

17. Small businesses need to be careful.

Assholes like the RNC could get a boycott going online that could do some damage.

[70sEraVet]

19. Good coverage on this story in 'The Tennessean' in April 12, 2023

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2023/04/12/nashville-florist-refuses-large-rnc-fundraiser-order-calls-for-change-gun-laws-trump/70104411007/


Especially liked the line, " And since they've gerrymandered my district to the point of taking away my representation ..."

[Blue Owl]

21. Give 'em a big fucking corpse flower in full bloom, to stink up their place