Texas bakers are facing threats to their family and their business after declining to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, according to an attorney who is representing them.
Problems reportedly began for Edie and David Delorme, the Christian owners of Kern’s Bake Shop inLongview, Texas, after Ben Valencia and Luis Marmolejo came in on Feb. 17 and inquired about purchasing a cake for their wedding later this month.
First Liberty attorney Michael Berry told TheBlaze on Tuesday that the couple had asked for a relatively standard wedding cake, but when Edie Delorme realized that it was for a same-sex wedding, Berry said that she politely declined.
“She said, ‘I’m so sorry, but we don’t make same-sex wedding cakes, but here’s a list of other bakers in the area who would most likely be able to meet your needs,’” Berry said. “It was pretty civil. The gentleman said, ‘Okay’ and left.”
It was after the story made its way into the media, though, that anonymous threats of violence started streaming into the bakery, Berry said.
“The physical threats have been anonymous and somewhat ambiguous,” he said, noting that explicit details have not been offered up in the cryptic messages. “It’s very clear that they are threats against them and their family, not going into any specifics.”
Berry said that the response has been ongoing, with negative messages coming in almost every day since the cake refusal last month.
People have gone on to their Facebook site and their Yelp page and have posted just inappropriate, vile comments about their business,” the attorney said, adding that people have also made claims up like saying that they found animal feces in their food.
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