Posted on 09/02/2013 2:09:27 PM PDT by LucianOfSamasota
In May, TheBlaze told you about Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, an Oregon-based bakery that has fallen under intense scrutiny. Throughout 2013, the Christian couple and their business have been in the midst of a media firestorm after refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple.
From threats to vicious phone calls and e-mails, the Klein family has been inundated with angry responses. Now, Aaron and Melissa have announced that they are shutting down their shop.
In a brief phone interview earlier this month, Melissa told TheBlaze that the couple has continued to face upheaval following their faith-based decision. Just days after we spoke, she and her husband announced that this past weekend was the family’s last at its current location.
The business will be transitioning, with the Kleins operating, instead, from their home.
“This will be our last weekend at the shop we are moving our business to an in home bakery,” read a post on the company’s Facebook page on Aug. 30.
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They’re operating from home. I suspect they were on a slim margin, anyway, in the days of Obamaa.
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/angrif10.htm is a nice little Christmas message from Joseph Goebbels during the Chistmas of 1928 on why Good Germans should patronize some stores and boycott others. Any similarities to that and current situation is entirely coincidental. Or not.
Appreciate your humor! I needed a chuckle today.
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