Same-sex couple calls for protest after Washington eatery refuses to cater their wedding

JJ’s owner tells Rayah Calkins and fiancee Lillian Glover that the restaurant ‘stands by one thing only – the word of God’

A same-sex couple planning to marry in January has called on people to peaceably protest a Washington state restaurant that refused to cater the nuptials while citing its owner’s religious Christian beliefs.

Meanwhile, the eatery is standing by its decision amid conflicting legal precedents that have resulted from such stands.

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