“The owners of an Oregon bakery that made national headlines last year after turning away a pair of lesbian brides-to-be are now facing a fine of up to $150,000, which could reportedly leave them bankrupt.
Speaking at the conservative Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., Sweet Cakes by Melissa owners Aaron and Melissa Klein told The Daily Signal that such a fine would “definitely” be enough to bankrupt the couple and their five children.
“Ironically, the state was in violation of its own anti-discrimination laws,” Aaron Klein told the publication, pointing to the fact that federal judge didn’t strike down Oregon’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage until May 2014, well after the cake controversy.”
Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian), Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuyugr), Wes Clark Jr & Jimmy Dore (http://www.twitter.com/jimmy_dore) break it down.
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Small business down! Yeah Murica!
Also, WTF if I don’t want gays in my shop then be it! Gay fgay gay everywhere is gays now in our straight faces and that’s simply discusting! The same way we don’t want some radical people, junkies, alcoholics etc to be all around us the same way gay people should live in their own circles and areas. Fuck off sieriosly.
Because you imbecile, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that Congress has the ability to regulate local activity, if in the aggregate, that local activity will be detrimental to commerce. The Commerce Clause, Congress has the authority pursuant to the Constitution to regulate Commerce, and as such, would be detrimental to commerce if every Jesus loving redneck hillbilly that owned a small business would be allowed to discriminate against minorities, or races, culture, ethnicities, etc.