[Wpin]

God Bless them! Praying it turns out well for that Christian couple, which means it turns out well for us...all Christians are under attack.

[madprof98]

I agree that this case is fundamental. Its outcome will tell us with clarity whether or not this is still a free country. I fully expect the Kleins to lose bigtime.

[Steely Tom]

It's really been striking the way the Kleins have become poster children for this movement across the country that aims to undermine the very basic civil rights and human dignity of LGBT people."

Forcing others to celebrate your lifestyle choices is not a "very basic civil right."

Free speech can now "undermine the dignity of LGBT people," and the undermining of dignity is now a criminal act.

[No_More_Harkin]

Rachel Bowman-Cryer said during the BOLI hearing that the experience left her "humiliated and ashamed and destroyed and questioning — questioning whether anybody or not would accept us as a married couple."

No it didn't. They are simply lying through their teeth. It did nothing but anger them, and they and the pond scum Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian couldn't care less about the first amendment or religious rights. They have an agenda to destroy Christianity, and couldn't care less about the fallout.

[Zuse]

Could they just bake a plain cake and let the pervs decorate it themselves? I’m sure pervs could do a fabulous job together just the way they like it.

[Vigilanteman]

Rachel Bowman-Cryer said during the BOLI hearing that the experience left her "humiliated and ashamed and destroyed and questioning — questioning whether anybody or not would accept us as a married couple."

What a crock of crap!

If the Klein version is to be believed (and they'd never been caught in a lie, unlike the plaintiff), they not only were polite in turning away this business, but they gave the dyke a couple of recommendations of places which would be happy to serve her.

Rather than go there, the ACLU conspired with the dyke to sponsor her complaint and destroy the Klein's business knowing that they had ace in the hole at the top of the Oregon state government.

This case isn't about getting a service, it is about breaking a business to the government saddle regardless of the consequences.

[Stayfree]

"Rachel Bowman-Cryer said during the BOLI hearing that the experience left her "humiliated and ashamed and destroyed and questioning — questioning whether anybody or not would accept us as a married couple."

GAG! GROW UP WHINY BABY, LIVE WITH IT...YOU ARE DIFFERENT AND THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!

[Mercat]

I was in a seminar in Austria last year on religious freedom and they were asking me about this case and about the woman who wouldn’t sign the marriage certificates. arrrrgggg. I forgot her name. Davis?

[bkopto]

The comments at the article are overflowing with hate-filled remarks towards the Kleins. What nasty, bitter, evil people these commentators are.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Ive always believed the “art” aspect of the product would be the saving grace for these people. After all, who could argue that a painter or a sculptor is free to decline a particular commissioned piece? But aren’t these cakes simply an edible canvas upon which an artist adds his decorative and commissioned creation?

[kennedy]

Suppose the Westboro Baptist Church comes to Oregon to hold one of their "God Hates Fags" protests at a local military funeral, an activity that the U.S. Supreme Court held is their constitutional right in a 9 to 1 decision. They try to hire a gay caterer to cater their protest. The gay caterer refuses.

Will the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries order the gay caterer to pay Westboro Baptist Church $135,000 in damages?

[kennedy]

Suppose the Westboro Baptist Church comes to Oregon to hold one of their "God Hates Fags" protests at a local military funeral, an activity that the U.S. Supreme Court held is their constitutional right in a 9 to 1 decision. They try to hire a gay caterer to cater their protest. The gay caterer refuses.

Will the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries order the gay caterer to pay Westboro Baptist Church $135,000 in damages?

[falcon99]

What always gets ignored or downplayed by these perves and their supporters is that Sweet Cakes did not refuse because they were gay. Sweet Cakes had in fact made them cakes before and had done other things. The was only to refuse for this specific wedding, totally within their religious expression rights. But for the perves and their supporters, the truth doesn’t matter — only the objective. This country is going to hell!

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[Mrs. Don-o]

Anybody know if they have a GoFundMe type site?

[Albion Wilde]

Hope the attorney delays the case substantially until after January 20, 2017.

[Chode]

i still say it's easier to make them a cake that tastes bad or shoot pictures that are blurry and out of focus than fighting them in court and have fun doing it

[wardaddy]

We relinquished the right to refuse service long ago

[Mr. K]

AND this ruling the opposite of other rulings where muslims were ALLOWED to refuse to do work based on their religious beliefs

(i.e. muslims who were fired for refusing to deliver beer were awarded tens of thousands of dollars upholding their right to religious belief)

I AM SO GLAD THEY APEALED THIS