if you had gay customers here to buy flowers and want to come to our commitment ceremony, bring the flower, marriage is not allowed in this state yet. could you do it? no. i couldn t. reporter: she s an observant southern baptist who regards the bible as the rule book for her life and doesn t believe it s discrimination. you talk about the bible. how important it is. the bible talks a lot about love. it doesn t mean i love them any less. i pray for them. reporter: if you don t serve them i don t hate them. i don t hate them. reporter: but you re not loving them if you don t want to serve them. yeah, you can still love someone. i mean, even though you don t serve them. reporter: another flower shop down the street, the exact same opinions. from the florists and her son that is studying to be a southern baptist pastor. i would respectfully tell them i m sorry, i just don t want to do it because of my
it s not like it s not that i hate them. i don t hate them. but you re not loving them if you don t want to serve them right? yeah you can still love someone. i mean even though you don t serve them. reporter: at another flower shop just down the street the exact same opinions from the florist and her son, who is studying to be a southern baptist pastor. i would respectfully tell them that i m sorry, that i just don t want to do it because of my beliefs. but right now while georgia is considering a law to make that legal for you to do that it s not and you can get in trouble for doing that. i understand that. so you would be willing to take that risk? he died on the cross for me so i would be willing to do that for him. the judge of the universe i don t care no matter what anybody else says. you would not bring your flowers to a gay commitment ceremony? no. reporter: there are five florists we found in this area. the employees of three of them
georgia. it died at midnight when lawmakers wrapped up their session, but cnn s gary tuchman spoke to a number of georgia business owners who said law or no law, they will not serve gay customers. reporter: head out to rural jeff davis county georgia, and you don t have to look hard to find supporters of the state s religious freedom restoration act and they aren t afraid to say why. if you had gay customers come in and they say we want you to come to our commitment ceremony. would you do it? no i couldn t. reporter: jennifer williams is an associating at this flower shop a southern baptist who said she regards the bible as the rule book for her life. she doesn t believe refusing service to a gay couple is discrimination. you talk about the bible and how important it is. the bible talks an awful lot about love and loving your fellow man. it doesn t mean i love them any less because i pray for them. but if you don t serve them
against her religion to serve them. you talk about the bible, and the bible talks about love and loving. it is and i don t love them less. i pray for them. reporter: if you don t serve them i don t hate them. but reporter: but you re not loving them if you don t want to serve them? you can still love someone. i mean, even though you don t serve them. reporter: a flower shop down the street, the exact same opinions. from the florist and her son, who is studying to be a southern baptist pastor. i would respectfully tell them i m sorry, i just don t want to do it because of my beliefs. reporter: but right now, while georgia is considering a law to make it legal for you to do that, you can get in trouble for doing that. i understand that. reporter: you would be willing to take that risk? he died on the cross for me. it s the least i can do for him. it s called the judge of the universe and i don t care what anybody else says. reporter: no matter what, a law
proposed religious freedom restoration act, and they aren t afraid to say why. if you had gay customers to come in here and they said we want you to come to our commitment ceremony, would you do it? no. i couldn t. reporter: jennifer williams is an associate at this flower shop, a southern baptist who regards the bible as the rule book for her life. she doesn t believe her fees and service to a day couple is discrimination. you talk about the bible and how important it is. the bible talks about love and loving your fellow man. i pray for them, i hope that if you don t serve them i don t hate them, but but you can serve them, right? you can still love someone even though you don t serve them. reporter: in another flower shop, the exact same opinions, from the florist and her son, who is studying to be a southern baptist pastor.