Oregon bakery will have to pay lesbian couple up to $150,000 for refusing to make wedding cake : Contracts Clause of U.S. Constitution Told to Take a Hike

The New York Daily News reports:

An Oregon bakery will have to pay a gay couple up to $150,000 for refusing to bake them a wedding cake two years ago, government officials announced Monday.

The Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery in Gresham caught heat in January 2013 when Laurel Bowman said the shop refused to make a cake for her and her fiancée, citing religious objections. Bowman said the co-owner, Aaron Klein, called the gay marriage “an abomination unto the lord,” KGW reported.

Bowman filed a discrimination complaint with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries months later, and the group said on Monday it was ruling against the bakery.

Now the bakers could pay up to $75,000 each to Bowman and her fiancée, with the final amount to be determined in March.

Make that cake or else....