It’s become quite clear that if you’re a Christian and
own a business, there is no public accommodation for you. Freedom of religion, conscience and
association no longer pertain to those who wish to practice their faith in the
public square. An Oregon business owner
found out what it is like to be a Christian in modern day America:
(CNSNews.com) – An administrative law judge in Oregon has ruled against Melissa
Klein’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a lesbian couple after Klein
declined to make their wedding cake because of her biblical belief that
marriage is the sacred union of one man and one woman. A hearing in March will
now determine what fines will be levied against Klein for “damages”
suffered by
the lesbians.
Attorneys for Klein, owner with her husband Aaron Klein of Sweet
Cakes by Melissa in Gresham, Ore., had sought to have the case dismissed and to
be awarded $200,000 in legal costs and damages.
But Judge Alan McCullough refused and instead issued an interim order ahead of the March hearing that says
the Kleins had “unlawfully discriminated against the same-sex couple by denying
them full and equal access to a place of public accommodation,” under the Oregon
Equality Act, according to The Oregonian.
This judge is a progressive. How do I know that? Because he bastardized the law:
But Anna Harmon, one of three attorneys representing the Kleins,
said in an email to The Oregonian that the judge’s ruling wrongly
interpreted the state law, which she said protects “the right not to design and
create a work of art celebrating an event which violates the tenets of [the
Klein’s] religion.”
“This is a wrong and dangerous result for religious liberty and
rights of conscience in Oregon,” Harmon said.
Progressives don’t care about that. They want to force Christians out of
business. Soon the LGBT community will harass Christian bookstores into peddling gay porn and strap-on dildos in the name
of “public accommodation.”
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