In Oregon, a couple is being fined over $100,000 and being given a gag order not to comment on their case of refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding.
There is also a lien on their house, so they might literally lose their home.
Do I agree with their beliefs? No. But they have every fucking right to choose who they bake a cake for, what they will put on that cake, and to refuse to bake a cake for anyone for any reason. I don’t give a fuck who you are, you don’t deserve special treatment
FUN FACT: You know why they’re paying that 135k fine? Not because they denied someone a cake. It’s not just that. They gave out the couples personal contact information. Their home address, phone numbers, and emails. This couple received death threats and nearly lost their foster children.
You know what that bakery got? A little bit of bad publicity (I use that lightly because their bakery has been blasted up and down the news pages and then some), and some protesters outside. This isn’t to say however that they didn’t have the full support of their own community who are constantly counter protesting and - if I remember correctly - raising funds for the Kleins.
In Oregon it is illegal (per The Oregon Equality Act of 2007) to refuse services & goods based on sexual orientation, race, sex, disability, age or religion). There are exceptions if you are religious school or organization. But Sweet Cakes by Melissa is a privately owned business and are not a registered / legitimate religious organization.
This isn’t a newly passed law. It’s been around since 2007. That’s eight years. It wasn’t even a change made after they had opened. Sweet Cakes is a business that opened in 2013. How you open a business and not know how the law works is beyond me. But people do amazing and incredulous things every day.
Also there was no “gag-order”. The owners - Melissa and Aaron - are free to discuss and publicize their case as much as they please. However they have been told that they cannot continue to broadcast that they plan to continue to deny services to same sex couples. Which, once again, is illegal in the state of Oregon. It would probably do them many favors not to discuss their plans to break the law.
There’s so much false information floating around out there regarding this case. It’s really important to have all the facts.
THIIIIIIIS. The couple received DEATH THREATS and people threatened their CHILDREN. I would be asking for way more than 135k, tbh.
OP is religious but ok with outright lying about this case? Ok.
Fixed it.
Also, no gay people are beating up Christian people for not baking a cake – or even doxxing them.
But LGBTQIA people are beaten and murdered at a higher rate, especially trans women of color, so the OP’s picture just makes me so mad.
The gay couple did receive death threats. Their lives were nearly ruined. They didn’t do anything illegal.
The bakery lost business, because they did illegal things. They chose to break the law in multiple ways. Not just discrimination. But no, they weren’t ever beaten. They had to pay a fine. Heck, they didn’t even have to go to jail.
But all jokes aside, this shit is saying that grieving (mourning) and crying (tears) make someone weak. I don’t know about you, but I don’t think that basic human responses to bad things makes someone weak.
You, Rebecca Sugar, The Crewniverse, and anyone involved can get into serious trouble for spam reviewing this Keystone Motel. They could be losing hundreds of dollars worth of customers because they have to sift through thousands of spam reviews from Steven Universe fans. It isn’t cute, it isn’t funny, and this is getting out of hand.
This show that we hold so dear to us can be cancelled. Really. Something like this will cancel a show. You don’t understand what you’re doing. I fully regret saying what I said this morning in my previous post. I never imagined it getting popular so I didn’t think much in the words I was saying. Don’t put a review down. Don’t. You’re making a disaster.
If you have put a review on Keystone Motel’s website remove it immediately. And I mean immediately. The Crewniverse has already found out what you did and they have asked you to stop. So stop.
this girl was sent by the lord above to save humankind
its been estimated that 600 million or so has been poured into marketing minions so if we estimate the tuition at 40,000 dollars then about 150 students
that’s depressing
i don’t know what’s more depressing,that 600 million dollars has been spent on advertizing minions or that 600 million dollars will only pay the tuition of 150 US college students
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