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Sweet Cakes final order: Gresham bakery must pay $135,000 for denying service to same-sex couple
Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian on Thursday ordered the owners of a former Gresham bakery to pay $135,000 in damages to a lesbian couple for refusing to make them a wedding cake.
Avakian's ruling upheld a preliminary finding earlier this year that the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa had discriminated against the women on the basis of their sexual orientation.
Bakery owners Melissa and Aaron Klein cited their Christian beliefs against same-sex marriage in denying service. The case ignited a long-running skirmish in the nation's culture wars, pitting civil rights advocates against religious freedom proponents who argued business owners should have the right to refuse services for gay and lesbian weddings.
Avakian's final order makes clear that serving potential customers equally trumps the Kleins' religious beliefs. Under Oregon law, businesses cannot discriminate or refuse service based on sexual orientation, just as they cannot turn customers away because of race, sex, disability, age or religion, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries said in a news release.
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X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)Not sure I understand the point of this thread.
tblue37
(65,528 posts)if only to deter others from pulling such stunts.
Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)what I don't get is the $135k. Is this for the victim of said abuse or the abusers asking for help?
tblue37
(65,528 posts)couple's civil rights.
Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)guess I was in confusion to the final order bit with the priced amount.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)sheshe2
(84,057 posts)(excuse my language) Fucking rec!
Assholes have to pay for their hate. They are Christians my ass.
Thanks Don, you made my day.
Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)Cha
(298,021 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)It's perfectly legal in Oregon to refuse to fill a prescription if it offends a pharmacist's "moral or ethical beliefs."
I'm going to keep stressing this, because no one seems to get that this is the same kind of discrimination--and indeed more serious, since it can seriously threaten the health and well-being of an individual.
sheshe2
(84,057 posts)I knr your post.
I agree, have you done an Op I missed? Sorry if I missed it. I am not here so much these days. Kinda tired of all the BS.
Sadly, no one really cares about the real issues. Sadly that is clear.
Sorry.