8A in the Beaver State

Oregon bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein have been fined $135,000 under state public accommodation statutes for their refusal to bake a cake for a same sex wedding. The judgement amount is being forwarded to the state labor commissioner for adjustment.

ATSRTWT.

The eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America:

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

So there's that. I guess.

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