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Oregon Court of Appeals Rules, Again, Against Anti-LGBT Portland-Area Bakery

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January 26, 2022

“The court was right five years ago and is still right today. The Kleins’ faith does not give them a pass to ignore Oregon’s Public Accommodation Law.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions
6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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January 15, 2020

We’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is no shortage of action.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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October 10, 2019

As the 2020 election approaches, all eyes are on D.C. (and sometimes on Twitter).

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Oregon Appellate Court Should Uphold Their Ruling Against Anti-LGBTQ Bakery (Again)

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September 20, 2019

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Supreme Court Punts on Lambda Legal Case of Oregon Baker Who Refused to Bake Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple

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June 17, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the Oregon Court of Appeals must look again at how the Oregon court system processed the discrimination claim against an Oregon bakery, Sweetcakes by Melissa, and its conclusion that the bakery violated Oregon’s nondiscrimination statutes when they refused to bake a wedding cake for Lambda Legal clients Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, because they said doing so would violate the owners’ religious beliefs.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Religious Exemptions
Oregon Courts Are Right To Reject Religious License to Discriminate

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March 15, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the Oregon Supreme Court to deny a petition from the former owners of an Oregon bakery seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that they violated Oregon's anti-discrimination law in 2013 when they refused to sell a wedding cake to a lesbian couple because they claimed it was against their religion.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships
Oregon Court Rules Against Bakery That Refused to Bake Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple

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December 28, 2017

It's a decision that is both critically important and completely unsurprising.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, public accommodations, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination

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