Court Upholds Ruling Against Anti-Gay Oregon Bakers

The Oregonian reports:

The Oregon Court of Appeals for a second time Wednesday upheld a ruling by the state civil rights division that found that a Gresham bakery illegally discriminated against a same-sex couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake in 2013.

However, the court found that the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries did not exhibit religious neutrality in ordering Sweet Cakes by Melissa to pay $135,000 in non-economic damages for illegal discrimination. The court sent the case back to the civil rights division to reassess the damages.

The Oregon Court of Appeals originally affirmed the civil right division’s ruling in 2015, but the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling four years later. It directed the state appellate court to review its decision in the context of the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in a similar case in Colorado.

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In 2018, I noted that the Kleins had raised over $500,000 in donations via a Christian crowdfunding site. In 2015, the Kleins participated in an anti-LGBT rally in Fayetteville, Arkansas organized by the Duggar family.

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