Remember Sweet Cakes by Melissa? Oregon

Remember Sweet Cakes by Melissa? Oregon Christian bakers haven’t given up the fight

May 7, 2018

Aaron and Melissa Klein are a Christian couple who started their own business: a family bakery called Sweet Cakes by Melissa. After six years, Sweet Cakes was shut down in 2013 after the Kleins were fined $135,000 for declining to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.

But their First Amendment battle isn’t over yet – the nonprofit First Liberty Institute is appealing to the Oregon Supreme Court to reverse the decision and uphold the Kleins’ right to free speech, religious freedom and due process.

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