Stories tagged with: aaron and melissa klein

• Court cases continue for 4 Christian business owners

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, August 14, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- At least four Christian business owners continue to fight for their religious liberty in years-long court battles.

  Kentucky T-shirt printer Blaine Adamson, Colorado cake baker Jack Phillips and Oregon bakery owners Aaron and Melissa Klein are fighting for their right to reject business projects that violate their freedom of conscience. Read More

• Christian bakers continue court fight

  by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, March 03, 2017 (7 years ago)

  

  SALEM, Ore. (BP) -- Christian bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein took their religious liberty fight to court March 2 after they were penalized for refusing business for a lesbian couple's commitment ceremony.

  First Liberty Institute defended the Kleins before a three-judge panel in the Oregon Court of Appeals, promoting the couple's constitutional rights to religious freedom, free speech and due process in a court session webcast online. Read More

• Religious liberty of florist, bakers in courts' hands

  by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, November 18, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

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  BELLEVUE, Wash. (BP) -- A 71-year-old Washington florist and young Oregon bakers are among Christian small business owners awaiting court decisions on their right to refuse business violating their religious beliefs.

  Southern Baptist florist Barronelle Stutzman is awaiting a ruling from the Washington State Supreme Court on her appeal of a judgment against her for refusing to design a floral arrangement for a gay wedding. Read More

• Christian bakers pay fine, continue appeal

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, January 04, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  GRESHAM, Ore. (BP) -- Christian bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein have paid the state of Oregon a fine of nearly $137,000 after refusing to violate their religious beliefs by baking a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, the Oregonian newspaper reported.

  The Kleins paid the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries $136,927.07 Dec. 28 with money contributed through a crowdfunding page after the Oregon labor commissioner seized just weeks before Christmas their personal bank accounts which totaled nearly $7,000, the Oregonian said. In total, the Kleins have paid nearly $144,000 and may be due a refund. Read More

• Ore. judge: Bakers discriminated against lesbians

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, February 04, 2015 (9 years ago)

  GRESHAM, Ore. (BP) -- Christian bakers who declined to provide a cake for a same-sex commitment ceremony violated Oregon law and may face a hefty fine, a state agency has announced.

  An administrative law judge ruled that Aaron and Melissa Klein unlawfully discriminated against a lesbian couple in 2013 by refusing their request for a cake, thereby breaking a state law that protects civil rights based on sexual orientation. Read More