Christian bakers who lost their store and were fined $135,000 for declining to make a cake for a same-sex wedding brought their case before the Oregon Court of Appeals Thursday in an attempt to overturn the judgment.
Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Gresham, Oregon, said they simply want the freedom to live by the tenets of their faith.
“We just want the government to tolerate and accept differences of opinion, so we can continue to follow our faith,” Mrs. Klein said at a press conference following hearing. “We hope that, even if people have different beliefs from us, that they will show each other tolerance and that we can peacefully live together and still follow our faith. That’s all we want.”
An administrative judge for the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found the couple guilty of discrimination for declining to bake a wedding cake for Rachel Cryer-Bowman and Laurel Bowman-Cryer in 2013.
The bakers were ordered to pay $135,000 for the mental and emotional damages they caused the lesbian couple.
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8 comments:
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Ha ha! How appropriate that those lesbians last names are "Cryer." They are crying about all of this! The Kleins are victims in all of this. They just want to live by their own beliefs. Is this any different than any of us would want?
I feel sorry for these people, but in the end I would have just baked the damn cake.
And this is supposed to be a free country all they have to do is cry gay or trans and all of our rights and beliefs are taken away this judge should be thrown off the bench #ss kisser I hope they choke on that money
What about the physical and emotional well being of the bakers.
The couple only pursued this because they knew the liberal judges in Oregon would go their way and give them money, for absolutely nothing. Just two greedy women; they didn't care about the cake at all.
like there is no gay bakers around ? such BS for $$$$$$
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So you would be okay just wearing that dress and heels in the gay parade if someone demanded you do it?
Best wishes to them in their challenge!
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