The state of Oregon has reduced its fine against a Gresham business that refused to bake a cake for a lesbian couple in 2013. This week, Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, or BOLI, reset the damages Sweet Cakes by Melissa owners Aaron and Melissa Klein must pay to $30,000 — more than $100,000 less than the original fine.
In 2013, Aaron Klein of Gresham’s now-closed Sweet Cakes by Melissa declined service to Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, who were hoping to hire the bakery to bake their wedding cake, saying “we don’t do same-sex weddings here.” In response, the couple filed a complaint with the Oregon Department of
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