Portland, Ore. – (KGW) The co-owner of a Gresham bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple cut a check for the $135,000 fine ordered by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Aaron Klein on Monday made a payment in the amount of $136,927.07, which included interest, according to Charlie Burr with BOLI.
Following a two-year investigation into whether the bakery violated Oregon’s anti-discrimination laws, BOLI ruled July 2, 2015, that the Kleins had to pay Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer $135,000 for refusing to bake them a wedding cake because of their sexual orientation.
“This case is not about a wedding cake or a marriage. It is about a business’s refusal to serve someone because of their sexual orientation. Under Oregon law, that is illegal,” BOLI said in its ruling.
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