Fight is over state's attack on Christian baker that refused to promote homosexuality
By Bob Unruh
By Bob Unruh
The U.S. Supreme Court is being given another chance to protect religious freedom in America, as an Oregon baker who was fined for declining to violate her Christian faith by promoting the LGBT ideology in weddings is returning to the high court.
The Washington Times reports Melissa Klein, and her husband Aaron, had their business, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, destroyed during the Oregon state persecution of their faith.
Melissa had declined to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex duo, and the state initially imposed a fine of $135,000 against them, later lowering that to $30,000 after the Supreme Court returned the case to the state courts the first time.
At issue is the state's so-called "public accommodation" law that purports to require Christians doing business to adhere to the leftist ideology of the LGBT community.