Posted on 06/02/2015 2:18:15 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
The Daily Signal has exclusively learned that the government agency responsible for enforcing Oregon’s anti-discrimination law appears to be working closely with a powerful gay rights advocacy group in its case against Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa.
Communications between the agency, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, and the LGBT organization, Basic Rights Oregon, raise questions about potential bias in the state’s decision to charge the Kleins with discrimination for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.
In April, a judge for the agency recommended the Kleins be fined $135,000.
Communications obtained through a public records request show employees of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries—which pursued the case against the Kleins—participating in phone calls, texting, and attending meetings with Basic Rights Oregon, the largest LGBT advocacy group in the state.
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The #1 gay bar pickup line:
“Can I push your stool in for you?”
Hey!!! I’m trying to eat breakfast!
Lowbrow humor is not for the faint of heart :)
I admit it was pretty ghastly.
lol. Reminds me the old high school joke. How do 4 gays sit a on a stool? you turn it over.
Similar MO to the EPA working with watermelon groups to perform “sue and settle” shakedowns for punishing/intimidating political enemies. Or anything else Mordor on the Potomac is involved in.
As long as were going down that road...
Q: How do you make a fruit cordial?
A: Be nice to him.
ok if gays come in and ask to order a wedding cake and the owner says NO, I DONT CATER TO GAYS...
HOW DO YOU SUE FOR THE EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH
forcing someone to reply in a certain way is a VIOLATION OF FREE SPEECH...
HOW ABOUT THAT???
IF AN ESTABLISHMENT CAN KICK SOMEONE OUT FOR INAPPROPRIATE DRESS, OR ACTS, OR SMELL OR WHATEVER....WHY CANT A BUSINESS KICK SOMEONE OUT FOR VIOLATING THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.. OR SIMPLY I AM OFFENDED BY THE FACT YOU ARE GAY...
TRY WALKING INTO A MUSLIM ESTABLISHMENT AND DEMANDING A PORK SANDWICH... AND THEN SUING FOR BEING REFUSED...
Wouldn’t the correct response be, “Yes our business would love to make that cake for you.” Then, when they return to pick it up, tell them, “I’m sorry, each of our employees chose to follow their own religious practices and could not bake you cake.” Maybe even followed by a “Here’s the address of a close by Muslim bakery that might be happy to bake your cake.”
Oregon ping
“Gay Rights?” In my lexicon it is “Homo-sexual Rights.” By the way I never hear anybody referring to “Hetero-sexual rights.”
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