Sunday, April 26, 2015

Samaritan's Purse to Give Money to Oreg. Bakers; Couple Fined $135K, Didn't Bake Lesbians a Cake

Samaritan's Purse -- a Christian philanthropic organization headed by Billy Graham's son, evangelist Franklin Graham -- says it will help with expenses for persecuted Oregon bakers, Aaron and Melissa Klein, because they support the Word of God, the Christian Broadcast Network website reports today (April 26, 2015).

The Kleins lost their baking business in the Portland suburb of Gresham, after they refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in 2013.

The lesbian couple filed a complaint with the state of Oregon, which ruled the Kleins discriminated against the couple.

An administrative law judge fined the Kleins $135,000 on April 24, 2015, and ordered them to pay the couple for "emotional, mental, and physical suffering." Regarding the judge's ruling, Aaron Klein said, "Basically, what has happened is that I have been stripped of my religious freedom."

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