Sweet Cakes by Melissa, the bakery renowned for standing for one’s religious beliefs, is refusing to pay the $135,000 fine levied by the Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian.
The gay couple who refused to take their wedding cake order elsewhere, filed suit against the Kleins, when their religious convictions about gay marriage hurt the feelings of Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer. Read more on page 2.
The couple did get their cake elsewhere.
The fine was levites without the couple suing.
At least present the story correctly.
100 years ago Crystal wouldn’t even have been allowed to vote because…..”the bible says….Timothy 2:12″
Good for them
Well then some changes need to be made. Corporations or state/government/etc…that’s completely different. Privately owned should not be required to provide services that are against their beliefs for any reason.
Bull
Shaking my head in disbelief…
When your rights begin to be infringed upon, don’t come crying to the Christians. We warned you it would happen, but you didn’t listen.
So then we go back to segregation and men’s clubs that women can’t get into……..sounds awesome. Maybe we should discuss whether women should be allowed to vote….
I can not believe how ignorant people are. They did not sue because their info was published. A Raw Story report published led with the headline, “Oregon bakers weren’t fined over cake, they were punished for sharing lesbian couple’s home address.” But is that claim true true? The short answer: Absolutely not.
As has been widely reported, Aaron and Melissa Klein were fined $135,000 in “compensatory damages for emotional, mental and physical suffering,” after they declined to make a wedding cake for Rachel Cryer-Bowman and Laurel Bowman-Cryer. Nowhere in the official order does it say that publishing the complainants’ address led to damages.
In fact, the document makes it patently clear that the judgement was imposed as a result of the refusal, with Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries communications director Charlie Burr telling the media in a statement that the denial of service was, indeed, what led to the $135,000 sum.
In their lawsuit, the two women claimed they felt “mentally raped,” as part of a list of 88 symptoms of emotional distress they experienced at being refused a wedding cake.
The long list of symptoms included “acute loss of confidence,” “doubt,” “excessive sleep,” “felt mentally raped, dirty and shameful,” “high blood pressure,” “impaired digestion,” “loss of appetite,” “migraine headaches,” “pale and sick at home after work,” “resumption of smoking habit,” “shock,” “stunned,” “surprise,” “uncertainty,” “weight gain” and “worry.”
How ridiculous does that sound?
A liberal’s comprehension of reality is what they want it to be, the truth is not a factor. The judge needs to define “mental rape” as this may set a precedent for bigots, that are intolerant of other views, to punish who they disagree with. Why wasn’t it “mental rape” for the bakers to be forced to do something against their religious beliefs?
Why is it that the gay community wants equality yet they remain a “protected class?” And that is equal to what? I’m not part of a protected class. I wouldn’t get the opportunity to file a lawsuit over a petty cake. It sounds more like an exclusive right. If this were a hate crime I’d see it differently. It was unwillingness to bake a cake folks. I think the shop owner should have been more tolerant.. but the gay couple was asking the owner to be involved in something that went beyond just a basic transaction of business. I have gay friends/acquaintances but they are my friends because they respect that I’m not going to be involved in the lifestyle. They don’t force their agenda on me. And it’s people’s constitutional right to object to involvement.
There’s no proof that not baking the cake did any damage (certainly not $135k worth) and that’s my main problem with this. It was at worst a minor inconvenience. I’ve been inconvenienced many times, I don’t expect to win a legal battle over it. I don’t know all of the facts but it seems pretty simple…go to another shop where they will bake you the cake you want. That’s the great thing about America. You’re not forced to give patronage to any particular business establishment.
Yes, you posted that meme twice. It’s not relevant. Your rights do not include imposing your faith on others.
Very easy: I, as a business owner, CHOOSE who I do business with. If I don’t like your face, I can send you outta the door. My loss if you tell people that I didn’t like your business and they also take their business/money elsewhere.