Saturday, July 11, 2015

Bakers who refused to make lesbian wedding cake told to pay $135K by Monday -- or else

Bakers who refused to make lesbian wedding cake told to pay $135K by Monday -- or else | Fox News:
"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 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...”

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