SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – San Francisco’s Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, a non-profit health organization serving the needs of San Franciscans, including A&PI LGBTs, recently received a surprise gift in the mail: a cake with an inscription, “We really do love you.”
The gift came from Sweet Cakes by Melissa, owned by Melissa and Aaron Klein, who were recently ordered by the Oregon Labor Commission to pay $135,000 in damages to a lesbian couple for whom they refused to make a wedding cake.
The Kleins cited their Christian beliefs against same-sex marriage in denying the services. The Commission ruled they discriminated against the women on the basis of their sexual orientation.
Apparently, A&PI Wellness Center was among the ten West Coast LGBTQ organizations that would be receiving a cake from the Kleins.
It would have been a sweet gesture from Sweet Cakes by Melissa, except that the package came with a DVD of Audacity, an anti-LGBTQ film created by New Zealand televangelist Ray Comfort. The DVD is about the work of Christians to “save” doomed LGBT people.
As of press time, the Wellness Center was still deciding what to do with the cake.
This could very well be a classic case of “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
We suggest a bake sale.
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