Jose Fly
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Remember the Kleins, the Christian owners of the bakery in Oregon who were found guilty of illegally discriminating against a same sex couple and fined $135,000? Well....
Sweet Cakes owners who refused to make same-sex wedding cake now refuse to pay $135,000 damages
Now, before anyone argues that they can't pay the fine or that it would be an undue hardship on them...
So they raised more than three times the amount of the fine, which means they can't say they don't have the money, or that paying the fine would be a hardship. When asked, neither they nor their lawyers will give a reason. Now the state of Oregon is taking steps to place liens on their property and other assets, which I'm sure will generate cries of "persecution".
Thus my question...is it really persecution when you deliberately go out of your way to cause it? I don't think so.
And one other question: Does this mean the Kleins lied to the people who donated money?
Sweet Cakes owners who refused to make same-sex wedding cake now refuse to pay $135,000 damages
The Oregon couple who made national headlines when they refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding are now refusing to pay state-ordered damages to the lesbian couple they turned away.
In response, state officials have gone to court to establish their right to place a property lien or attach other assets belonging to Aaron and Melissa Klein, proprietors of the Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery.
Now, before anyone argues that they can't pay the fine or that it would be an undue hardship on them...
"It's difficult to understand the Kleins' unwillingness to pay the debt when they have, very publicly, raised nearly a half million dollars," labor bureau spokesman Charlie Burr said in an email Wednesday.
So they raised more than three times the amount of the fine, which means they can't say they don't have the money, or that paying the fine would be a hardship. When asked, neither they nor their lawyers will give a reason. Now the state of Oregon is taking steps to place liens on their property and other assets, which I'm sure will generate cries of "persecution".
Thus my question...is it really persecution when you deliberately go out of your way to cause it? I don't think so.
And one other question: Does this mean the Kleins lied to the people who donated money?