Mario Anzuoni / Reuters If public opinion on same-sex marriage was polarized before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June, it has split almost entirely in two since. Take the case of Sweet Cakes by Melissa. It predates the Obergefell decision, but on July 2, Oregon’s labor commissioner issued a final order requiring the Gresham bakery’s owners to pay $135,000 in damages to a lesbian couple for whom they refused to bake a wedding cake.
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