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<\/a><\/p>\nSweet Cakes by Melissa, the Oregon bakery owned by Aaron and Melissa Klein which made national headlines over their refusal on religious grounds to bake a cake after they found out it was for a lesbian<\/a>’s wedding, has closed for good.<\/p>\n The bakery left a notice on its Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Kleins were fined $135,000<\/a> by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) and paid it last year after some protest.<\/p>\n The Kleins had refused to pay the damages <\/a>for nearly six months and the Klein’s attorney had requested a stay with the Oregon Court of Appeals, arguing the fine would ruin the couple<\/a>’s business, despite the fact that supporters of the bakery had donated nearly $500,000<\/a> to the couple<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n BOLI Comissioner Brad Avakia denied the Klein’s attorney’s request and noted that the couple<\/a>’s massive donations are currently held in escrow. <\/span><\/p>\n The Kleins were granted all-star status alongside fellow anti-gay martyr Kim Davis <\/a>at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C. in 2015. They were present when Kim Davis received Family Research Council’s Cost of Discipleship Award from FRC Action President Tony Perkins.<\/span><\/p>\n The post Sweet Cakes, the Oregon Bakery That Refused to Bake Cake for Gay Couple, Has Closed<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"cakes\"](\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cakes.jpg?resize=740%2C274\")
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