Not I, said the discriminatory Red Hen

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It was serendipitous timing that the Supreme Court issued its order, instructing Washington’s state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling against Arlene’s Flowers, as debate raged over a Virginia restaurant that refused to serve dinner to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.

Some conservatives compared the Red Hen’s refusal of service with freedom-of-conscience cases that have popped up recently as state and local agencies punish Christian bakers, florists, and photographers. “Bake the Cake!” conservatives joked on social media.

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