Over the Labor Day weekend the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, a bakery in Oregon, decided to close the shop as a result of all the threats, vicious emails and phone calls they have received after refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. Aaron and Melissa Klein said their business has suffered after the media firestorm earlier this year when they declined to provide a cake for a lesbian ceremony because it would have violated their Christian beliefs. Emails and phone calls were received by the Kleins saying Aaron should be shot, that he should be raped, and that the couple’s five children should become sick.

“You stupid bible thumping, hypocritical b****. I hope your kids get really, really sick and you go out of business,” said one email. “Here’s hoping you go out of business, you bigot. Enjoy hell,” said another.

In addition to the harassment the Kleins have received, their wedding vendors were badgered […] → Keep reading