A nine-year battle in state and federal courts to uphold her First Amendment right to practice her faith in the workplace ended Thursday as Barronelle Stutzman announced her retirement and sale of the flowershop at the center of the case to its employees. Stutzman, a 77-year-old grandmother from Richland, Washington, told reporters in a Washington,…

A nine-year battle in state and federal courts to uphold her First Amendment right to practice her faith in the workplace ended on Nov. 18 as Barronelle Stutzman announced her retirement and sale of the flower shop at the center of the case to its employees. Stutzman, 77, from Richland, Washington, told reporters in a…