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Poorrichardsnewswrote: “For the LGBT activists in Oregon’s government, forcing this Christian couple to close their business isn’t enough.  Now they’re going after their home, ordering them to pay $135,000 by Monday or face a lien on their mortgage.

from Todd Starnes:

Two Christian bakers who refused to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding have been ordered to pay $135,000 in damages by July 13 or else the state of Oregon could place a lien on their home.

Aaron and Melissa Klein, the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, were punished by the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industry (BOLI) for unlawfully discriminating against a same-sex couple.

The Kleins, who are devout evangelical Christians, argued that baking the cake would be a violation of their religious beliefs.

The BOLI ruling ordered the mom-and-pop bakers to pay $135,000 to the lesbian couple. They were also slapped with a gag order that prohibits them from speaking publicly about their refusal to participate in or bake wedding cakes for same-sex unions.

And now - they have until July 13 to pay the damages or else face additional fines and a possible lien on their home.

“This is intimidation and bullying - that’s exactly what it is,” Klein told me in a telephone interview.“ They are trying to strong-arm me into handing over $135,000 to the two girls and if I win on appeal - they will never pay me back.”

A BOLI spokesman confirmed they sent a standard payment letter to the Kleins’ attorney.

“The letter informs them that if we do not hear from them, we may turn the matter over to the Department of Revenue, which can place a lien on real property,” the spokesman told me.

BOLI said they would also be willing to accept either a full payment or payment arrangements.

“Of course, they can also ask for a stay of enforcement while they pursue their appeal,” the spokesman said.

But there’s a catch. The person who will determine whether or not to stay the order — is BOLI Commissioner Brad Avakian — a vocal supporter of the LGBTQIA movement.

“The judge, jury and executioner are all in one place,” said Anna Harmon, the Kleins’ attorney. “He is intent on using his office to root out thought and speech with which he personally disagrees.”

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This is what happens when you allow the government to decide whose “rights” are more important.  It’s tyranny, pure and simple. ”

Proudlyconservative: “This makes me wonder about the lesbian couple. Is this cake so important to them that they are willing to ruin this couple’s lives? Seems like that would have to be the case.”

Freetriptonorthkorea: “Interesting LGBT preaches tolerance of their lifestyle, but they are intolerant of other lifestyles and opinions”

Greater-than-the-sword wrote: “The real question is, how do we donate? I’m sure if everyone who was angry about these people’s treatment gave just a tiny amount, this could all be taken care of.”

Washingtonconservatarian wrote : “ DONATE HERE:https://www.continuetogive.com/4811392”

Wellbehavedwomenmakehistorywrote : “They’re not hurt, they couldn’t care less about the cake, they’re just hateful bullies who planned this from the beginning to get undeserved money and support. They’re weak cowards who are going after people they know won’t be protected by anyone. It’s never about the cake. I think one couple even admitted they did it on purpose and didn’t actually need a cake

Notflexatarian wrote: “I’ve just been to their donation page and it was a pleasure. They’ve reached 207% of their goal of $150,000.00! 

This gives me hope.”

Pantslessyodawrote:“What the hell!! I am a staunch supporter of gay rights and gay marriage (big time 100% super passionate) but this is way too far. A private business should be able refuse service to someone if they want to, especially if providing service to someone contradicts their religious beliefs. Is there a law that protects against that? I always see signs in private businesses that say “we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.”

It seems to me that this couple is just getting greedy for money and attention. They should have just found a fucking different bakery.”

gotta love seeing bigots getting backlash for denying people basic goods and services on the basis of their prejudices! Fuck those bakers, and fuck anyone who defends them.

And that’s not even why they were fined. They were fined for breaking the court order demanding they don’t release the name and private information (like address and phone number and place of work). The “Christian” couple doxxed the lesbian couple and got fined for violating a court order.

Exactly. The bakers deliberately leaked the personal info of the lesbian couple. This directly resulted in a mass of death threats towards the latter.

Not only that, but state adoptions officials told the Bowman-Cryer couple that they were responsible for keeping their foster daughters safe from the death threats (that were caused by the Klein bakers); and that failing to do so would’ve called in question their capacity as parents.
The Bowman-Cryers risked losing their daughters because of the Kleins. Full. Fucking. Stop. All the fucking assholes can go fuck themselves. In fact!