Monday, January 11, 2016

Costly beliefs: State squeezes last penny from bakers who defied lesbian-wedding cake order

Todd Starnes

Sweet Cakes by Melissa couple

"Melissa Klein was checking her bank accounts just a few weeks before Christmas when her face turned ashen. The money was gone – every single penny.
"Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries had confiscated all the cash in Mrs. Klein’s checking account and savings account as well as a special account set aside for their church tithe. 
"Yes, friends – the state of Oregon stole money meant for our Lord.
"Mrs. Klein and her husband, Aaron, are devout evangelical Christians who own a mom-and-pop bakery – Sweet Cakes By Melissa.
"In July, they were ordered to pay more than $135,000 in damages to a lesbian couple after they refused to bake their wedding cake. The Kleins objected because of their religious beliefs.
"The judgment was awarded to the lesbians for “emotional suffering.' ” . . .

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