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State Supreme Court to Bakers Who Made Over $500,000 After Refusing a Same-Sex Couple: 'Denied'
The Oregon State Supreme Court has denied a request from the owners of Sweetcakes by Melissa, Melissa and Aaron Klein, to review the case against them, brought after they refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
The Kleins were ordered to pay the couple $135,000 – not because they refused to bake them a wedding cake, but "for emotional suffering stemming directly from unlawful discrimination," the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry (BOLI) stated in 2015. "The amounts are damages related to the harm suffered by the Complainants, not fines or civil penalties which are punitive in nature."
The Kleins were ordered to pay the couple $135,000 – not because they refused to bake them a wedding cake, but "for emotional suffering stemming directly from unlawful discrimination," the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry (BOLI) stated in 2015. "The amounts are damages related to the harm suffered by the Complainants, not fines or civil penalties which are punitive in nature."
[link:https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2018/06/state-supreme-court-to-bakers-who-made-over-500000-after-refusing-a-same-sex-couple-denied/|
I doubt this is over by a long shot
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