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| Aaron Klein of Sweet Cakes by Melissa |
The Oregon Supreme Court has declined to review the case of Aaron and Melissa Klein, who as Sweet Cakes by Melissa, refused to serve a lesbian couple in 2013.
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found that the Kleins were guilty of discriminating against the couple when they refused to sell a cake for a commitment ceremony.
The bakers were fined $135,000 for emotional damages in 2015.
They Kleins took their case to the Oregon Court of Appeals which ultimately upheld that decision.
The business owners' lawyers now say they intend to head to the U.S. Supreme Court.
While the Kleins exhaust all their options for appeal, the check they wrote for $135,000 is being held.
In the aftermath of the story coming to light, Christian crowdfunding efforts raising over $500,000 to more than cover the bakers' loses after they decided to stop making wedding cakes for anyone.
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