Daily Signal: The former owners of an Oregon bakery, ordered to pay $135,000 in damages for declining to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, are appealing their case to the Supreme Court.
Lawyers for Aaron and Melissa Klein filed a petition Monday asking the Supreme Court to reverse an earlier decision handed down by the state that forced them to shut down their family bakery.
“Freedom of speech has always included the freedom not to speak the government’s message,” said Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of First Liberty, a nonprofit legal organization representing the Kleins. “This case can clarify whether speech is truly free if it is government mandated.”
An administrative judge for the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries ruled in July 2015 that the Kleins had discriminated against a lesbian couple, Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, on the basis of their sexual orientation. The judge ordered the Kleins to pay the $135,000 for physical, emotional, and mental damages.
The Kleins appealed that ruling to the Oregon Court of Appeals in April 2016, and that court upheld the state agency’s decision.
Under Oregon law, it is illegal for businesses to refuse service based on a customer’s sexual orientation, as well as race, gender, and other characteristics.
The Kleins maintained that they did not discriminate, but only declined to make the cake because of their religious beliefs about marriage. Designing and baking a custom cake for a same-sex wedding, they said, would violate their Christian faith. more here
It’s not just that the left also was doing everything in its power to prevent people from donating to help them out. I hope the SCOTUS takes the case and justice is finally served in this case.
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Trump I’m a nationalist, but not a white nationalist – POLITICO
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“…And our country has taken second fiddle,” Trump said on Tuesday. “If you look at
the trade deals, and nobody knows it better than me. I’m knocking out some…”
Trump I am a nationalist and proud of it ► 7:34
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Trump trying to equate Nationalist with Patriotism in new comments
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Asked what he means when he calls himself a “nationalist,” POTUS says “I Love
Our Country” and complains about how the US has been second fiddle.
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Next the government will force individuals to buy a license to exercise their First Amendment rights of Freedom of speech and religious expression, just as they do with the Rights established in Second.
I expect the supreme court to do more than play patty-cake with the totalitarians on the left.
5 to 4! We win (a-gain)!
No rational person thinks the bakers were dealt a fair and lawful deal.
The “judge” who issurd the fine should have to pay that amount to the bakers for violating their rights.
extirpates
The fagscists are assholes. Everyone knows they’re shopping around for Christian bakeries specifically to fuck over. I hate these totalitarian faggot pieces of shit. They’re diseased, demented, and in service to the Devil. No doubt about it.
Anyone got an address so I can send a $3.00 Betty Crocker box to? WTF! No one cares about what gets stuck into you or not. Wish the SCOTUS could rule on the real issue here, MENTAL ILLNESS! @AA , wipes brow, common sense still may have a chance.
Homosexual terrorists singling out Christians to persecute using the court system. This wasn’t random in any way and these activists should be counter sued.
@ Cato, if they had their way you would be fined if you didn’t ask a tranny out on a date then pound it in the whatever or vice versa
There’s a Young Lady out there…Who is Suing Wal-mart over
age discrimination on buying Firearms…Her name is Hannah
Brumbles…and She’s asking Wallyworld for…..$135K…The
same amount as the Bakers…It’s in this Months NRA Mag page 52.
Well done Miss Brumbles….Well done.
Don’t get your hopes up. When I lived in Colorado this law was proposed and we all said it would lead to speech compulsion. John Roberts was working on behalf of the perverts.
Yes, they were targeted. Dykes could have ordered a custom cake from a dozen competitors 10 minutes away. The Director who ordered fine is reported to be a bone smoker. Hardly impartial. He should personally have to cover all of the Klein’s expenses,emotional pain.