Fine Reduced To $30K For Notorious Anti-Gay Bakers

The Associated Press reports:

The state of Oregon has slashed the financial penalties it assigned a baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple almost 10 years ago.

In compliance with a state appeals court ruling earlier this year, State Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle said Tuesday that the Bureau of Labor and Industries is ordering Aaron Klein to pay $30,000 damages instead of a $135,000 fine issued in 2015, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer filed a complaint against Sweet Cakes by Melissa owners Melissa and Aaron Klein in 2013, saying the bakery refused to bake them a wedding cake. The Oregon Court of Appeals twice upheld a ruling by the state civil rights division that found that an Oregon bakery illegally discriminated against the couple.

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The couple last appeared on JMG in June 2022 when they launched a money beg to open a new bakery in Montana, which has none of the statewide LGBTQ protections provided by Oregon.

The Kleins have continued to take orders via their website despite claims of being driven out of business by evil gays.

Their latest money beg has so far brought in $31,000.

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.