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Posted on 03/06/2022 7:59:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
For nine years, the state of Oregon pursued our family and our little bakery, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, because we could not in good conscience create a custom cake celebrating a same-sex wedding. Over the years, the state deprived us of a fair hearing, erroneously issued an injunction limiting what we could say, improperly ordered us to pay $135,000, and violated our rights to freely exercise our beliefs.
In early 2013, Aaron welcomed two potential customers, a woman and her mother, into our bakery as we welcome everyone. When he found out they were looking for someone to create a custom cake for the daughter’s upcoming same-sex wedding, he politely declined based upon our Christian belief in marriage as between one man and one woman. We believe the First Amendment protects everyone from being compelled to use their art to send a message with which they disagree.
We never dreamed that the state would go after us for trying to run our small business in accordance with our faith. And we never dreamed the process would be so stacked against us.
Now, represented by Boyden Gray and Associates and First Liberty Institute, we are appealing to the Oregon Supreme Court and then to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will be taking a case involving a wedding website designer. That case will likely decide whether, under the First Amendment, a state can compel an artist to speak or stay silent.
Nine years ago, we never imagined that the state of Oregon would go after our family because of our religious beliefs. But we remain committed to protecting our rights, and those of all artists, to be free from government-compelled speech.
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Romans 1:18-32 describes why homosexuals get such rabid support.
We never dreamed the process would be so stacked against us.
Unlike normal court cases, the same agency that brought the case was also responsible for judging the case.
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i do not think you thought of this, in the beginning, before all this shinola came out:
“special orders demand special prices. special prices not listed, as each special demand is a one of a kind order. thank you for your business.”
then when “those guys” showed up, ya shoulda charged them $10,000.00!! they’d either pay it or bitch about it, BUT, ya woulda had CYA legally.
They should win, this seems so obvious .. the US Can’t even compel someone to support the US Flag.
In America, instead of throwing dissidents and Christians in gulags (for now), we harass them with lawfare and bankrupt them.
On the American farm, some animals are more equal than others.
What the Nazis did to the Jews, Democrats will do to us.
Too bad lawyers don’t have to serve everyone who walks into their establishment.
/sarc
Where do you think the Nazi’s got their ideas from?
Their entire program was lifted from the democRAT run Jim Crow South
Everything they did was legal.
What the state did was illegal.
Elections matter, if you own a business move to a conservative state.
Especially the Jewish Democrats. I can say that because I am Jewish.
yeah, after the bucketheads asked for the cake.
i said, ‘from the beginning’, meaning when they opened shop!!
An intrinsic issue is property rights. If one owns a business, they have every right to do with it as the please. If someone is turned down, they can go somewhere else.
Once you understand that we only have a ‘legal system’, not a ‘justice system’, a lot of things make more sense.
The entire thing is designed to separate you from your money, and distribute it to lawyers. It is especially bad when you’re being attacked by government entities like these folks are. The state has unlimited resources and is willing to deploy them to make a point. The process all by itself is designed from the ground up to grind down and destroy anyone the state has in its crosshairs.
Never refer to it as a ‘justice system’, because that is supporting a lie.
The Supreme Court will never issue a comprehensive, blanket ruling affirming conservative values. It only does that with radical leftist values. Even if the Colorado case benefits the Christian website designer, count on it only applying to her and letting the freedom of expression issue fester for years to come, having many more Christians coming under the gun in the process.
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