Gay Mafia – 1 Religious rights for Christians – 0

Here is the new link: Samaritan’s Purse for anyone who would like to contribute to this lovely and humble family after the Gay Mafia shut them down.

(Reuters) – An Oregon judge has ruled that the owners of a Portland-area bakery who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple should pay the couple $135,000 in damages, state officials said Tuesday.

Administrative Law Judge Alan McCullough issued a proposed order last week that could mean Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery owners Aaron and Melissa Klein will have to pay $60,000 in damages to Laurel Bowman-Cryer, and $75,000 in damages to Rachel Bowman-Cryer, for emotional suffering.

Under Oregon law, businesses cannot discriminate or refuse service based on sexual orientation.

REALLY? What if it violates their RELIGIOUS BELIEFS? Or does SEXUAL ORIENTATION trump our religious rights now?

In response to the proposed order, the bakery owners started a GoFundMe campaign, but it was shut down over the weekend by the crowdfunding website, the bakery’s Facebook page said.

“As far as the mafia tactics ‘If you do business with Sweet Cakes, we will shut you down.’ I believe we’re living in a time that’s very hostile toward Christians.” -Owner of Sweet Cakes

The trials and tribulations for Sweet Cakes By Melissa continue. You may recall that this is the Oregon bakery that refused to bake a cake for a lesbian couple’s wedding. Since then, they’ve been on the receiving end of protests, hit piece articles, and a lawsuit.

The Oregonian reports:

The lesbian couple turned away by a Gresham bakery that refused to make them a wedding cake for religious reasons should receive $135,000 in damages for their emotional suffering, a state hearings officer says.

Rachel Bowman-Cryer should collect $75,000 and her wife, Laurel Bowman-Cryer, $60,000 from the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, an administrative law judge for the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries said in a proposed order released Friday, April 24.

“This is a proposed order and we view this matter as continuing to be active litigation,” Paul Thompson, a lawyer for the Bowman-Cryers, said.

Watch Melissa and Aaron Klein discuss the shut down of their bakery in this interview:

Anna Harmon, one of three attorneys representing Aaron and Melissa Klein, said, “It’s a shocking result and it shows the state’s relentless campaign to punish Oregonians who live and work according to their faith.”

“The important thing to realize is this,” she added, “This is real money that Aaron and Melissa are going to have to pay that otherwise would be used to pay their mortgage and feed their kids.”

The lesbian couple claimed they were “mentally raped” after the bakery would not sell them a wedding cake.

A GoFundMe page was set up to help the Klein family at http://www.gofundme.com/su4cxqe6 .

But the GoFundMe page is no longer active.
The page went dark this morning.

The fundraising page had raised over $66,000 before it was taken down.

The Sweet Cakes Facebook page posted this with a link to a different fundraising page:

The gofundme account that was set up to help our family was shut down by the administrators of gofundme because they claimed it was raising money for an illegal purpose. We have told gofundme that the money is simply going to be used to help our family, and there is no legitimate breach of their terms and conditions. We are working to get the account reinstated.

However, in the mean time, if you would like to donate, you can do so here: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/donation-items/persecuted-christians-usa/

For all of you who gave to the gofundme account before it was shut down, we so appreciate your love and generosity. Gofundme has told us that we will still receive those funds.

Via: Gateway Pundit