Posted on 04/25/2015 4:35:25 PM PDT by jazusamo
The owners of an Oregon bakery learned Friday that there is a severe price to pay for following their Christian faith.
A judge for the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) recommended a lesbian couple should receive $135,000 in damages for their emotional suffering after Sweet Cakes by Melissa refused to make them a wedding cake.
As a result - Aaron and Melissa Klein could lose everything they own — including their home.
The Oregonian reports the recommended penalty is not final and could be raised or lowered by State Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian.
The controversy started in 2013 when Aaron Klein declined to provide a cake for a lesbian wedding. Later that year, the women filed a complaint against Klein and his wife, Melissa.
"The facts of this case clearly demonstrate that the Kleins unlawfully discriminated against the Complainants,” read a statement by the BOLI to the Oregonian. “Under Oregon law, businesses cannot discriminate or refuse service based on sexual orientation, just as they cannot turn customers away because of race, sex, disability, age, religion. Our agency is committed to fair and thorough enforcement of Oregon civil rights laws, including the Equality Act of 2007."
Within hours of the ruling, the Family Research Council facilitated the establishment of a GoFundMe account to help the Kleins raise the money the need. In less than eight hours, more than $100,000 was raised.
However, late Friday GoFundMe pulled the plug — sending this message to would-be donors:
“After careful review by our team, we have found the ‘Support Sweet Cakes By Melissa’ campaign to be in violation of our Terms and Conditions,” the message read. “The money raised thus far will still be made available for withdrawal.”
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins blasted the harsh penalty levied against the Kleins.
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Exactly.
There’s no ‘play nice’ with liberals. They are out to completely destroy Christianity in America and replace it with ... anything else. They’ll even let Muslims here to help them do it. They are anti-Christ.
The next step will be revoking the IRS tax exempt status of ANY church or denomination which refuse ‘gay marriage’ and imprisoning anyone who speaks out against them with ‘hate crimes’ because ‘hate speech is non speech.’
This was all foretold in Isaiah Chapter 5 and I believe it has to come (that is, to be fulfilled) before the end of the age comes. Where governments (beasts) will give us (believers) no place left to stand alone in the Earth, that is, where its just between us and God. Which is what this is really all about, Satan wants us to acknowledge his evil and his authority and to do so in a manner that makes us deny our God or even to stand in opposition to him for our continued comfort and peace and security (within Satan’s authority) empowered over this Earth,
It no different than how Hitler was the human embodiment of Nazi Germany, but he was really nothing more than a carcase housing a demonic spirit seeking greater power and control in the world, he (Hitler) ultimately had a fatal head wound and all that he was and all of that evil lives on still today and is now making a comeback right in front of us, as ‘beast’ government rising up from the sea but this time it knows to come in like a lamb rather than in your face as a dragon,
Hey MOD... LIMIT THE SIZE IF THE PICTURES!
Thank you for your words.
I am classic historical post-mil.
understood, thanks
The time has come for all of us to be more like the Bereans,
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