Oregon: Baker under investigation after refusing wedding cake for lesbian couple

The state of Oregon is following up on a discrimination complaint from a lesbian couple who were refused service by a wedding cake baker.

The women claim Sweet Cakes owner Aaron Klein called the women "abominations to the Lord." Klein denies saying that, but admits that he wouldn't make the cake.

“I apologized for wasting their time and said we don’t do same-sex marriages,” he told the local media. I “honestly did not mean to hurt anybody, didn’t mean to make anybody upset, (it’s) just something I believe in very strongly.”

An Oregon statute bans sexual orientation discrimination in public accomodation, which includes businesses. The same law would apply had the baker refused to serve customers based on race or sex. But critics argue that could conflict with Klein's constitutional right to practice his religion. The office of Oregon's attorney general is now investigating the matter.

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