In May 2013, the baker’s problems went viral after she refused to make a cake for Cryer and Bowman’s ceremony. After media outlets across the nation picked up the story, the Kleins were inundated with angry e-mails and phone calls. In the end, Melissa said that this reaction resulted in a major loss of business.
“Just the whole being affected big time in our wedding industry part of the business — the vendors not referring us any more,” Melissa said when asked how the incident impacted her business. “We coasted it through the summer to see how it would be. We had quite a few wedding cakes that we had booked and people cancelled. The referrals that we would get, none of those came in.”
This is what’s known as being biatch slapped by the invisible hand, alienate you customers and bankruptcy usually follows. Refusing to make a wedding cake for a homosexual couple for religious reasons when a contract is entered into and this occurs in Oregon thus the Oregon Equality Act of 2007 is a very bad idea. TL:DR version:
Under Oregon law, Oregonians cannot be denied service based on sexual orientation. The law provides an exemption for religious organizations and schools, but does not allow private business owners to discriminate based on sexual orientation, just as they cannot legally deny service based on race, sex, age, veteran status, disability or religion.
Of course this is but another stupid, bigoted and inevitably self-destructive course of action taken by a fundie. Especially since wedding cake sales during the summer comprised a majority of the revenue. Fun fact, where were all the other bigots to support the cake shop? Another bakery,
Charm City Cakes, took advantage of this situation for free publicity.Fret not for the finical future of Melissa and her family, they will be milking the persecuted Christian routine for every cent while conducting business form home.
They will also be homeschooling their five children because of: property damage, angry e-mails and Facebook groups. I’m not ok with the property damage everything else is typical internet stuff. Those poor kids are going to get the nonstop derp treatment.
But wait, here comes the hypocrisy! The following are AAAWWWWWRITE as discovered and transcribed by Willamette Week:
Baby Shower cake for a baby out of wedlock:
WW Asks - I’m shopping around for a nice baby shower cake for my friend. It’s her second baby with her boyfriend so I’m not looking for anything too big or fancy—probably enough to serve 15 to 20 people.
Sweet Cake says - “We have a sheet cake that will feed 30, or a 10-inch cake that would feed 30 people. The 10-inch cake is $50 and the sheet cake is $52. Or we have an 8-inch cake that would feed 15 for $40.”
Divorce Party:
WW Asks - My friend is getting divorced and we’d like to throw her a little party to mark the start of her new life. Do you ever write messages on those—we’d want it to say “congratulations!”—and how much would it be for a cake that could serve about eight people?
Sweet Cake says - “A 10-inch is $29.99. That should probably do it....We can definitely do something like that.”
Pagan Solstice Party
WW Asks - I was calling to get a quote on a cake for a midsummer solstice party. My coven is celebrating on Friday, June 21. The decoration would be very simple: just a green pentagram. We’d like to pick it up sometime that afternoon, before the bonfire. It’ll be for about 30 people.
Sweet Cake says - “For 30 poeople we have a couple options... We have two kind of cakes you could have. About the diagram you want on the cake, I’m not sure how much extra that would be.”
Finally a sampling of the insane comments seen so far:
Gays are the real bullies!
ComingUnglued: Because sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe and not be bullied. Where are the people in her community to stand up and support them, or is everyone AFRAID or GAY.
If we sit back and do nothing, the bullies only get stronger and more vocal. Push them back into the sidelines where they belong.
FOREIGNERS DUN DIDIT!
Kregneva: Some foreigners lurking in the USA are just not tolerant or forgiving or even secure enough with their own sexuality to be able to “live and let live.” They are mean, tend to bully and act out hurtfully. The worst ones are Aussies, because young males down under are frequently preyed upon by disturbed and drunken older manly men. It makes the Aussies outwardly crazy about puritanical attitudes in a spiteful way, because they are secretly scared of their own twisted preferences.
By the way – Cowards delete words they fear and prove themselves true cowards.Coherent enough?
OH NOES CROSSDRESSERS!
hoogie: Just a thought. What if hetero men went into a Women’s store and asked to try on some dresses. If refused then file a complaint. Start with Walmart, Penny, etc.
It’s not fair to the racists! BBAAAAWWWW!
noslave: the outcome an politacally corectness would be different ,if say a blk bakery refused to make a kkk cake?or some skinheads wanted a heil hitler cake? its according to who has politically correct victim protection? ITS LIKE BALD EAGLE PROTECTED STATUS,NO WHITE PRIDE ANYTHING,BUT EVERYONE ELSE YOU GOT THEIR BLESSING??
Homosexuality = NAMBLA
VictoriaSummers: Actually in the state of Oregon, you have to serve everyone regardless of their sexual orientation. So let’s say NAMBLA was hosting an event in Oregon. You couldn’t refuse to offer your services based upon their sexual orientation. If you don’t know what NAMBLA is, look it up. It’s North American Man/Boy Love Association. Hey, even in the state of Oregon, you have to offer your goods and services to the guy who is married to a sex-shop dummy otherwise you are breaking the law. Yes, there are guys who are married to dummies, Google it! That’s why I say this law needs to be challenged. It’s unconstitutional.
OBAMA DUN DIDIT!
1HonestAmerican: This is a symptom of the overall sentiment coming from the Obama administration. They are against traditional American freedom. They hate small business and are doing whatever they can to snuff it out. They believe that no one should NOT work for the government, and they believe in the elimination of private industry, and the elimination of currency. They believe in freedom of expression – but only if the expression is government sanctioned! In order to make sure things are FAIR, they are attempting to take control of commerce, health care, housing, education, etc. to assert their CONTROL over the American people. Our freedoms are being lost! To me, this has nothing to do with being gay. It’s about forcing people to do things against their will and for trying to destroy them if they don’t agree with you.
It’s a trifecta!
thegreatcarnac: Blacks, homosexuals, Muslims, and every other crybaby group that comes to mind want special status because they “be havin’ it so hard”. Blacks have that status and look what they have done with it. They have committed crimes and laid around having babies and pushed drugs. Homosexuals are jealous of Blacks and want that status. I don’t think Blacks and homosexuals deserve any special status at all. When government coddles one race then it discriminates against the rest ….which it does. Homosexuals know that most reasonable people don’t want people threatening them all the time so they don’t cross homosexuals that much because they don’t want the hassle. Well…it is worth the hassle to push the homosexual back in the closet. They are sick and want everyone to suffer their sickness. You cannot have a decent, wholesome, safe society where homosexuals have so much sway. Every nation that had homosexuals in the forefront fell shortly afterward.
JEWS DUN DIDIT!
h-squared: Do you see how the homosexual agenda has bred hatred into the hearts of their followers? Look at the things these folks say to Christians in a publicly viewed forum. Would this have been acceptable at any other time in history than the last 20 years? NO WAY! And it is because the zionist banking regimes own all “entertainment,” media and politics, which is also in charge of multiple other important global industries. Their Satanic Cabal has spread throughout the world and poisoned the unwary and disillusioned. We are not long for this world when the majority is dictated to by the minority and the outcomes are detrimental to EVERYONE. Whose work is that? Lucifer and all his evil children. All we can do is pray that these zombies wake-up from their trances and see the coming kingdom for what it is. We can try to educate them by teaching them God’s word, but how can we compete with an entertainment industry that starts indoctrinating children into the Satanic agenda.