Stories tagged with: bakers

• Penalized cake bakers garner faith-based funding

  by Sarah Padbury/WORLD News Service, posted Tuesday, July 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo from sweetcakesweb.com

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- Christians looking to raise funds for religious liberty causes have a crowdfunding option -- Continue to Give (CTG) -- that won't kick them off the site for defending their faith.

  In April, the crowdfunding site GoFundMe halted a campaign raising money for Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Gresham, Ore. Oregon's labor commissioner found the couple guilty of violating state anti-discrimination laws when they refused to bake a cake for a same-sex commitment ceremony and ordered them to pay $135,000 in damages to the lesbian couple. For the Kleins, their next legal step is the state Court of Appeals. Read More

• Baptist concerns greet order against bakers

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, July 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  "This is a threat to every person's freedom in this nation, including our most precious freedom, religious freedom." -- Ronnie Floyd

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- A penalty of $135,000 and a gag order against Oregon bakers who declined to provide a cake for a same-sex ceremony have evoked protests and concerns from Southern Baptist leaders.

  Brad Avakian, commissioner of Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries, issued an order July 2 against Aaron and Melissa Klein. His order affirmed a proposed payment for damages to a lesbian couple and required the Kleins to refrain from providing notice they will not bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. Read More

• Colo. tells bakers OK to refuse Bible cakes

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 16, 2015 (9 years ago)

  DENVER (BP) -- Colorado officials have rejected discrimination claims by a man who was refused service at three bakeries because he requested cakes that included Bible verses calling homosexuality a sin. Read More