The agency that ordered Aaron and Melissa Klein to pay $135,000 in
damages for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex couple began the
legal process last week to seize the money the Oregon bakers are
refusing to pay.
“Our agency has docketed the judgment and is exploring collection
options,” Charlie Burr, communications director for the Oregon Bureau of
Labor and Industries, told The Daily Signal. “They are entitled to a
full and fair review of the case, but do not have the right to disregard
a legally binding order.”
Docketing the judgment is a preliminary step the agency must take in
order to seize the Kleins’ house, property, or other assets in lieu of
payment.
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“There’s legal reasons and there’s also kind of personal reasons,” Aaron
Klein told The Daily Signal in a phone interview. “If a civil court or a
circuit court judge had made this order, I would consider it legally
binding. But when a bureaucracy does it and I didn’t get due process, I
don’t call it legally binding.”
State Takes Legal Action to Seize $135K From Oregon Bakers
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