Oregon Antigay Bakers' Case to Be Reviewed in Light of Supreme Court Ruling
So it begins: The Supreme Court orders a review of the discrimination finding against Aaron and Melissa Klein, who turned away a lesbian couple.
July 3, 2023
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Antigay Bakers Set Crowdfunding Record
The owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, ordered to pay damages for denying service to a lesbian couple, have raised a record amount online.
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Oregon Baker's LGBTQ+ Discrimination Fine Reduced by Over $100k
An Oregon court upheld its original finding that the owners of Sweet Cakes By Melissa illegally discriminated against a same-sex couple, but said the fine's amount showed bias.
July 14, 2022
Antigay Sweet Cakes Bakers Don't 'Feel Like' Paying Fine
Melissa and Aaron Klein are refusing to pay a $135,000 fine they incurred for violating Oregon law by denying services to a lesbian couple.
October 6, 2015
Gay Evangelical Raising Funds for Antigay Bakers
Matt Stolhandske, a board member for a new pro-marriage equality Christian group, says he is extending an 'olive branch' to bakers fined for refusing to make a wedding cake for a female couple.
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Florida Bill Tests Waters of 'Religious Freedom'
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October 22, 2015
'Black-ish' Draws Right-Wing Ire for Attacking Antigay Bakers
The ABC comedy series took a stand against anti-LGBT discrimination, angering some "religious freedom" proponents.
February 9, 2017
Antigay Cakemakers Get Rich While Dodging Fine
For nearly three months, the antigay bakers have balked at paying the fine for discriminating against a lesbian couple and publishing their home address online.
September 30, 2015
Antigay Oregon Bakers Face Possible Six-Figure Fine
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April 29, 2015
Bakery Loses Fight to Keep Strange Wedding Cake Policy
In one of the weirder cases of same-sex couples being refused service for their weddings, an Oregon bakery has come out the loser.
January 19, 2014
Antigay Oregon Bakers Appeal, Claim Religious Freedom Was Violated
Aaron and Melissa Klein, who refused to provide a cake for a same-sex couple's wedding, are appealing a state agency's finding that they committed unlawful discrimination.
April 26, 2016
Bakers Who Refused to Make Wedding Cake for Gay Couple Pay Fine
Justice is finally served.
December 29, 2015
WATCH: Pastor Tells 'Christians' to Fight Marriage With Guns
In a video rant, former pastor Joshua Feuerstein held up a semiautomatic assault rifle and encouraged Christians to 'take a stand' for their right to discriminate against LGBT people.
July 16, 2015
Right-Wing Broadcaster: Wish Gays Death Via Wedding Cakes
Christian right radio host Kevin Swanson suggests putting a condemnatory Bible verse on cakes for same-sex weddings.
September 6, 2013
Antigay Sweet Cakes Bakery Now Out of Business
Sweet Cakes by Melissa refused to bake a cake for a lesbian couple and found themselves at the center of a media storm. Three years later, the bakery is closed.
October 9, 2016
Get a Taste of Antigay Bakery's Ex-Gay Cakes
Sweet Cakes by Melissa, an Oregon bakery that refuses to bake cakes for same-sex couples, throws its frosting behind an ex-gay ministry.
July 24, 2014
Oregon Appeals Court Upholds Discrimination Ruling Against Antigay Bakers
The owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, who refused service to a lesbian couple, don't get a religious exemption from state law, the court ruled.
December 28, 2017
The Women Who Challenged Sweet Cakes on the Cost of Their Battle
When an Oregon bakery refused to make a wedding cake for Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, it became a talking point for "religious freedom" proponents. The women say the ordeal has left them broke and scarred.
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Bakery Will Do Pagan or Divorce Cakes But Not Gay Weddings
Undercover reporters discovered the Oregon business that refused to work with a lesbian couple had no problem making cakes for divorce parties and stem cell research celebrations.
May 30, 2013
WATCH: Antigay Bakers Read 'Mean' Tweets
The couple who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding and were fined for discrimination find humor in their defiance of civil rights.
January 4, 2016
Texas Baker Denies Same-Sex Couple a Wedding Cake
Another case of a queer couple denied a cake for their wedding unfolds in the Lone Star state.
February 24, 2016