The OR bakery that refused to make a cake for a lesbian wedding has been forced out of business. This is only the start. It's going to get a LOT worse. The last sentence of the article is sooo true. For those who say that queers can live any way they want to, well, the way they want to live is forcing their perversion on your and you children.
Family bakery closes after left-wing bullies finally get their pound of cake Todd Starnes By Todd Starnes Published September 30, 2016 FoxNews.com
In 2013 a small family bakery in Northwestern Oregon refused to make a cake for a lesbian wedding.
The owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa had no idea that their decision to follow the teachings of their Christian faith would lead to a multi-year legal battle. It’s a battle still being waged.
Aaron and Melissa Klein were eventually punished by the state of Oregon. -- The couple was fined $135,000 dollars for refusing to participate in the lesbian wedding event.
It was the price they had to pay for refusing to violate their conscience.
They also made the painful decision to close their beloved bakery – for good.
The left-wing bigots and bullies finally got their pound of cake.
The Kleins made the announcement on the now-shuttered shop’s Facebook page.
“The Kleins closed their business months ago and simply now updated their page to reflect that,” said Hiram Sasser, an attorney for First Liberty Institute.
First Liberty is one of the nation’s most prestigious law firms handling religious liberty cases.
“We are continuing our appeal and look forward to achieving justice for them and all people of faith who may find themselves in similar circumstances in the future,” Sasser told me.
To be clear, Aaron and Melissa Klein did not go looking to engage in a fight with the LGBT community. The fight came to them and to their business.
Since that day more than three years ago, the Kleins have faced unrelenting attacks from the LGBT community. Their business was boycotted. They were bullied. Their children received death threats.
The Kleins were literally run out of business by an anti-Christian mob.
It's hard to believe that something like this could happen in the land of the free, the home of the brave.
But we live in a nation that pledges its allegiance to the Rainbow flag – a nation where gay rights now trump everyone else’s rights.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
Sad situation, but a slice of immoral reality. There are social cesspools here and there around the globe - it can be very difficult for principled business folks to thrive in those.
It's persecution of Christians by the US state. This is precisely what the First Amendment was intended to prevent, i.e., to interfere with the free exercise of religion.
It's persecution of Christians by the US state. This is precisely what the First Amendment was intended to prevent, i.e., to interfere with the free exercise of religion.
The 1A says that congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of a religion. This isn't congress. It's the state of Oregon. You might remember that several years ago, OR's governor was forced to resign for corruption. He was replaced by the Lt. Gov who's a rabid left wing liberal woman. She's just what Hillary will be if elected.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
It's persecution of Christians by the US state. This is precisely what the First Amendment was intended to prevent, i.e., to interfere with the free exercise of religion.
The 1A says that congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of a religion. This isn't congress. It's the state of Oregon.
You're forgetting Fourteenth Amendment incorporation doctrine. That said, forcing them to bake a cake for someone also violates our right of free association (not to mention our Thirteenth Amendment right against involuntary servitude), not to mention basic property rights, i.e., if I wish to sell my goods only to blue eyed, blonde haired people, that's my right, stemming from the fundamental right to property.
It's persecution of Christians by the US state. This is precisely what the First Amendment was intended to prevent, i.e., to interfere with the free exercise of religion.
The 1A says that congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of a religion. This isn't congress. It's the state of Oregon. You might remember that several years ago, OR's governor was forced to resign for corruption. He was replaced by the Lt. Gov who's a rabid left wing liberal woman. She's just what Hillary will be if elected.
Unfortunately my state has been divided by this crap! Our Democrat criminal governor was found to be corrupt, forced out of office! He was replaced with a c u nt bumping, bisexual! The state is ruled by the liberal Portland area, we don't have enough rural population to out vote them! California moved north to get out of the schit down there, then went right back to their old ways!! My observation is Montana is experiencing the same thing, as well as Washington. I sure hope Trump wins so we can get the court system back on the right track!!!
You're completely right. It was a carefully chosen test case to establish a legal precedent for future cases. They picked a small business that they knew wouldn't have the resources to fight back. Now that they have the precedent, it's going to get a lot worse.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
While we try to point out who really is to blame, it is we conservative who must look in the mirror...
The liberal Gay and Lesbian community are a small percentage of our population... they just have big mouths and supporters who hate our nation, and our society.... and are blessed with deep pockets looking for a place to spend it on to think they are 'changing the world'... just like Mommy and Daddy told them they would do...
The State of Oregon is dominated by the same liberals... ones who 'got involved' so they could make those changes to the 'world'.....their ideology follows anything that circumvents American Society and our long accepted principles....
What have we done as conservatives? We have stood down and done nothing more than complain.... we haven't risen to the occasion with the same zeal and financial commitment that these small big mouthed minorities have....
The same results will keep repeating itself over and over until conservative start stepping up to the plate, and making the same commitment and zeal that the liberal left does.
The frustration in this nation, is a major reason Donald Trump has the popularity it does. But while we complain that the liberal left always expect the government to take care of all of their needs, what do conservative do but stand down and hope ONE MAN can change it all.
Gentlemen, until we start rising to the occasion and challenges with similar zeal and commitment as our foes, then this crap will just continue to occur until the nation we were born and raised in, no longer exists.
It far beyond the "Schitt or Git off the Pot" time.
Here in conservative Western Kentucky, a queer rights group out of Florida sued a county judge-executive....who happened to be a Democrat.....because he wouldn't marry same-sex couples. The judge responded by switching parties to the GOP, and refusing to marry anyone. The same group also sued the county court clerk because she had a copy of the Ten Commandments up in her office. She took it down, something I would not have done. This crap has got to be stopped. If queers want to booger each other, I could care less, but they do not have the right to make me accept it as being normal behavior.....and I don't!
The couple was fined $135,000 dollars for refusing to participate in the lesbian wedding event.
No, they were fined for breaking the law by discriminating based on gender.
They were never asked to "participate" in anything beyond selling a cake just like they do for all other customers.
Didn't they own their own bodies? If so, they also own the labor their bodies produce. That being the case, they may dispose of the product of said labor in any way they wish. If they decide to only sell to members of the Mormon Church, for example, isn't that their right?
While we try to point out who really is to blame, it is we conservative who must look in the mirror...
The liberal Gay and Lesbian community are a small percentage of our population... they just have big mouths and supporters who hate our nation, and our society.... and are blessed with deep pockets ...
Precisely. So who is the pocketbook behind it, since, as you say, there aren't that many billionaire gays. Where's the funding coming from for all the anti-American BS that's happening?
