By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Rters) - An Oregon bakery that refed on relig grounds to bake a weddg ke for a gay uple vlated the state's anti-discrimatn laws bee the shop is not a registered relig stutn, state officials said on Monday. "The law provis an exemptn for relig anizatns and schools, but do not allow private bs to discrimate based on sexual orientatn, jt as they nnot legally ny service based on race, sex, age, disabily or relign," bure spokman Charlie Burr said a statement. "The bakery is not a relig stutn unr the law," Burr said. Bakery owners Aaron and Melissa Kle, cg their relig beliefs, refed 2013 to bake a weddg ke for the two women.
Contents:
- COURT L AGAST OREGON BAKERS WHO REFED TO MAKE GAY WEDDG KE
- SUPREME COURT TOSS LG AGAST BAKERS WHO REFED KE FOR GAY UPLE
- OREGON BAKERY CLOS OVER OWNERS’ REFAL TO SERVE GAY WEDDG
- OREGON BAKERY OWNERS PAY MORE THAN $135G DAMAG OVER REFAL TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG
- JUDGE L OREGON BAKERY DISCRIMATED AGAST GAY UPLE WEDDG KE REBE
- OREGON BAKERY OWNERS REFE TO PAY DAMAG GAY WEDDG KE SE
- OREGON BAKERY GAY WEDDG KE SE CLOS
- SUPREME COURT SENDS GAY WEDDG KE DISPUTE BACK TO STATE URTS
COURT L AGAST OREGON BAKERS WHO REFED TO MAKE GAY WEDDG KE
”In McPherson’s re-tellg to Bowman-Cryer and her fiancee, Lrel, that msage morphed somewhat: She said Kle had lled them both “abomatns” bee they were gay.
In a 2018 cisn, the urt tossed out a Colorado lg agast a baker who refed to serve a gay uple on relig grounds, fdg the state had shown bias agast his relign while makg s cisn. The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lg agast two Oregon bakers who refed to bake a weddg ke for a lbian uple, Melissa and Aaron Kle, ced relig beliefs as their reason for not providg servic for a gay weddg.
SUPREME COURT TOSS LG AGAST BAKERS WHO REFED KE FOR GAY UPLE
WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST FLORIST WHO REFUSED SERVICE FOR GAY COUPLE'S WEDDINGOn Monday, the Supreme Court sent the Kle se back down to a lower urt "for further nsiratn light of" their Colorado central disput the se -- which ps LGBT rights agast relig eedom nsiratns -- have yet to be addrsed by the Supreme Court.
Kle then said the bakery do not make k for gay weddgs, urt documents 's mother, who was wh her, said Kle quoted the Bible when explag his Kles had to pay a $135, 000 judgment to the uple for discrimatg agast them vlatn of a state public acmodatns statute. The owners of Sweet Cak by Melissa, a former Grham bakery that refed to make a weddg ke for a gay uple seven years ago, are headg back before the Oregon Court of Appeals on se is beg reheard after the U. A Grham, Oregon, bakery has closed s doors followg months of relentls attacks by homosexual activists angered that the owners had refed to bake a weddg ke for a pair of lbians.
While the uple did not expla why, at the bottom of the move is the Kles’ cisn last January to cle the bs of a pair of homosexual women who planned to marry and wanted the bakery to produce a ke for them.
OREGON BAKERY CLOS OVER OWNERS’ REFAL TO SERVE GAY WEDDG
After the story ma the papers and TV news, the bakery began to be undated wh harassment om homosexual activists enraged that the Kles would place their fah above the state’s anti-discrimatn statute.
Aaron Kle poted out that, like the majory of practicg Christians, he and Melissa hold no animosy toward homosexuals. While the ial boytt and harassment did ltle to impact the bakery’s overall bs, the homosexual lobby then began to target other weddg bs the area, threateng to boytt florists, photographers, weddg planners, and other vendors who ntued to work wh Sweet Cak by Melissa. The Kles jo a number of bs owners across the natn who have been targeted for clg to do bs wh homosexuals.
As reported by The New Amerin, a pair of homosexual men recently leveled a charge of discrimatn agast an Iowa uple who own a bistro and weddg venue after they refed, bee of their Christian fah, to service the gay pair’s weddg. Siarly, a ke bakery Denver, Colorado, was boytted by the area’s homosexual muny after the owner refed to bake a weddg ke for two homosexual men. Earlier this year Washgton State’s attorney general filed a discrimatn lawsu agast a Christian florist who gently cled the bs of a homosexual man who wanted her to provi the floral arrangements for his same-sex marriage.
OREGON BAKERY OWNERS PAY MORE THAN $135G DAMAG OVER REFAL TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG
In March 2012 a Kentucky homosexual group filed a discrimatn plat agast a T-shirt pany Lexgton after the Christian owner refed to prt themed shirts for the group’s muny “gay pri” event.
JUDGE L OREGON BAKERY DISCRIMATED AGAST GAY UPLE WEDDG KE REBE
And Augt the New Mexi Supreme Court led agast the Christian owners of a photography stud who had earlier been nvicted of discrimatg agast a pair of lbian women for refg to provi the photography for their homosexual partnerg rual.
A 2007 Oregon law protects the rights of gays, lbians, bisexual and transgenr people employment, hog and public acmodatns. (Rters) - An Oregon bakery that refed on relig grounds to bake a weddg ke for a gay uple vlated the state's anti-discrimatn laws bee the shop is not a registered relig stutn, state officials said on Monday. The gay uple married 2014 after a feral judge stck down the state's same-sex marriage ban.
Ted Cz, likewise has said that “2016 will be the relig liberty electn” and has said that “the morn Democratic party has cid that their mment to mandatory gay marriage all 50 stat tmps any willgns to fend the First Amendment.
OREGON BAKERY OWNERS REFE TO PAY DAMAG GAY WEDDG KE SE
The Oregon bakery that refed to make a same-sex weddg ke bee of the owner's relig beliefs has Cak by Melissa was unr state vtigatn to terme if had vlated the Oregon Equaly Act by refg to serve a gay uple. The Gayly – October 7, 2016 @ 3:10 p. C., lawyer reprentg the Oregon bakers, said the Supreme Court should ci whether s 2015 gay marriage lg "n be wield as a shield fense of same-sex unns but also — as this se — a sword to attack others for adherg to tradnal relig beliefs about marriage.
"Requirg bs to treat their ctomers equally, regardls of sexual orientatn, do not pel support for gay marriage "any more than the law pels support for relign by requirg equal treatment for all fahs, " the state WilliamsPete Williams is an NBC News rrponnt who vers the Jtice Department and the Supreme Court, based Washgton.