The reason they went there and then pressed the issue, is so they could sue and make a stink. I’m all for being able to refuse service if you’re a business owner like this. The only time I’d disagree with it is if it is a federally funded or state funded project and you decide to make that call. You take the governments money you need to adhere to their rules.
I live in Oregon and have followed this case pretty closely. Nothing I've read or heard suggests the two women set the bakery up. In fact, the bakery was initially going to make the cake an later changed their mind when it became evident that it was for a same sex marriage. My take is that when refused the cake the women decided to have their revenge. They had the law on their side....regardless of whether any of us think the law is a good one or not. It is what it is.
"In 2015, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found that the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa violated Oregon's nondiscrimination statutes when they refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, claiming doing so violated the owners' religious beliefs."
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/sweet-cakes-by-melissa-back-in-court-over-same-sex-discrimination/283-61b92a1f-f71a-4f0c-a156-334d80c18e35Much of the legal costs the owners of Sweet Cakes Bakery have been paid out of money raised on the crowd funding website Continue to Give. Continue To Give is a faith based online tithing and giving platform founded on Biblical principles and designed for Churches, Missionaries, Nonprofits, Individuals, and Adopting Parents.
