Posted on 07/05/2015 5:50:00 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
After getting hit with a financially-crushing $135,000 fine Thursday for their decision to not bake a cake for a lesbian wedding, the owner of the Oregon "Sweetcakes by Melissa" bakery has a dire warning for Americans.
"For years, we've heard same-sex marriage will not affect anybody," Aaron Klein said in an interview with The Blaze. "I'm here firsthand to tell everyone in America that it has already impacted people."
Aaron and his wife Melissa are required to immediately write a $135,000 check to the lesbian couple they refused to bake a wedding cake for, Rachel Cryer-Bowman and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, to compensate them for emotional damages.
Aaron Klein says that Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian's order requires the couple to use "personal property" rather than only business assets to pay the vast sum and that it "has the potential to financially ruin" the family of five. Avakian "knew that full well going into this," said Klein.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“Aaron Klein also issued his own warning for Avakian: “Unfortunately, he’s doing this with the wrong Christian, because I fight back.””
Sounds like a good motto for me. “I fight back.”
The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy...Jesus of Nazareth
But I come that you may have life, and that more abundantly...Ibid (Same Source)
I wish it were unbelievable. In fact, people are DEFENDING this madness on the grounds that this Christian family is “intolerant” and therefore must be destroyed. That’s where we are as a country.
I am with you.
This Brad Avakian is as hardcore a communist as there is in America. He hates capitalism and Christians.
Pray America is waking
Fine = Extortion
The only tool the left has.
This is the case to take to the SCOTUS.
What is the “damage”? Not getting $135,000 cake???
All that for that bad for you, sugar loaded cake?
Order fruits from Costco!
Should have been around $1,000 for a first time offense.
Making the order and enforcing it are two different things entirely.
There will be many rounds of legal machinations before any check is written.
Geez guys. Just do like the libs do when the courts do something like this. Ignore the order.(think al “just-us” sharpton) Oh crap. That only works for libs. Maybe they should whip our their white privilege card as a last resort. I’m gettin’ pretty intolerant of folks who are constantly intolerant of folks who ARE tolerant. Need to change the sign behind the counter to : “We have to serve anyone no matter what because the govt says we do.” Now that’s real freedom. Right?
I am not sure I understand how a state labor commissioner can
order people not to speak on an issue and also that they must use personal assets to pay a penalty. Is not that done by the courts.
Isn’t this subject to judicial review?
Which SCOTUS did you have in mind? The one that rules America would order these people executed.
If they really have to pay the lesbos, they shouldn’t stroke a check. Better to have the amount delivered via truckload in the form of 13,500,000 pennies.
Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian deserved to be tarred, feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. Or be the guest of honor at a necktie party. Which would be more appropriate?
“This is the case to take to the SCOTUS.”
Yeah, they’ll be a huge help, won’t they?
$135,000. Isn't that pretty close to the annual gross receipts for a Mom and Pop bakery? Donald Trump should lend these people some lawyers to fight this. And the people of Oregon should be ashamed that they put this Commissioner guy into a position of authority and responsibility.
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