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Christian bakery guilty of violating civil rights of lesbian couple
foxnews.com ^
| 1/21/14
| Todd Starnes
Posted on 01/22/2014 6:41:31 AM PST by armydawg505
The owners of a Christian bakery who refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple are facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines after they were found guilty of violating the couples civil rights.
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries said they found substantial evidence that Sweet Cakes by Melissa discriminated against the lesbian couple and violated the Oregon Equality Act of 2007, a law that protects the rights of the LGBT community.
Last year, the bakerys owners refused to make a wedding cake for Rachel Cryer and Laurel Bowman, of Portland, citing their Christian beliefs. The couple then filed a complaint with the state.
Aaron Klein told me there will be no reconciliation and there will be no rehabilitation. The investigation concludes that the bakery is not a religious institution under the law and that the business policy of refusing to make same-sex wedding cakes represents unlawful discrimination based on sexual orientation, said Charlie Burr, a spokesman for the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
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To: DJ MacWoW
Thanks for your valuable time. FReepathon is most important especially in these time.
I'm one of the monthlies.
One final thought. In reviewing the fugitive slave cases you cited the flaw was they did allow the feds. to enforce the law in their states. Kind of like Pilate washing of the hands. I understand the reasons but with that reasoning you are opening yourselves up to even more federal intrusion. The old be careful what you wish for comes to mind here.
I guess my point is the law still gets enforced but the state gets to say “hey I wasn't involved in this unconstitutional power grab.” Feel good but the law still stands and is enforced. We need to figure some way to go beyond that idea. I think recently some local sheriffs said they would arrest federal officials who tried to enforce unconstitutional gun laws. They have the authority and it seems they have the right idea how to put the screws to the feds.
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prof.h.mandingo
(Buck v. Bell (1927) An idea whose time has come (for extreme liberalism))
To: prof.h.mandingo
I read about those sheriffs and they are Patriots of the first water. We need men like them in state government to fight the power grabs. It's going to be difficult because the grabs have been going on for decades.
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01/24/2014 8:32:34 AM PST
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DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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