Colorado baker faces another lawsuit over LGBTQ wedding cakes 00:00 00:0002:54GO LIVE Facebook Twitter Email Embed SpeedNormal Autoplay Two Christian bakers in Oregon who faced a $135,000 fine for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding in 2011 received a partial victory in court Wednesday. While the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that Aaron and Melissa Klein, erstwhile owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, had violated the law by refusing to create an artistic cake to celebrate the nuptials of Rachel Cryer and Laurel Bowman, it also ruled that the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) had violated the First Amendment’s "requirement of strict neutrality toward religion" in determining the damages the Kleins must pay. The court returned the case to BOLI to determine the correct damages. MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP OWNER JACK PHILIPPS: HOW I BECAME THE FACE OF ‘RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE’ LITIGATION IN US First Liberty, the law firm representing the Kleins, cried foul and told Fox News Digital that the bakers plan to appeal the decision to the state’s supreme court. Aaron and Melissa Klein, photo courtesy First Liberty law firm (First Liberty law firm) "Oregon is trying to have its cake […]
