Aaron and Melissa Klein, the former owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, have once again made their case before the Oregon Court of Appeals to allow them to bake cakes without endorsing messages that violate their beliefs.
The Kleins, represented by First Liberty Institute and Boyden Gray PLLC, made oral arguments before the appellate court less than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated an earlier decision by the state court that had effectively forced Aaron and Melissa out of business.
“We welcomed and served everyone in our bakery, but we could not endorse all messages. We lost everything we loved and worked so hard to build,” Melissa said. “We just want to be able to run our business without being forced to celebrate events that conflict with our religious beliefs.”
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CBN News has reported for years about the Kleins, the two Oregon bakers were fined by the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries (BOLI) for declining to make a cake promoting a gay commitment ceremony. They were punished with a $135,000 fine for not creating that cake in
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