About ReligionToday.com    As more states legalize gay marriage,
privately owned businesses and religious organizations are being
confronted on their policies concerning homosexuality. The
latest case comes out of Oregon, where critics of gay marriage
have filed a proposed ballot measure that would allow businesses
to refuse to serve gay weddings or similar ceremonies if it
violated their religious beliefs, The Oregonian reports.  The
initiative follows a highly publicized campaign against a bakery
that refused to provide a cake for a marriage between two women.
A complaint was filed against Sweet Cakes by Melissa, a bakery
in Gresham, Oregon, claiming the bakery violated a 2007 state
law prohibiting businesses from discriminating against customers
on the basis of their sexual orientation.  Bakery owners Aaron
and Melissa Klein have said they serve customers regardless of
their sexual orientation but do not want to provide services for
same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs, notes The
Oregonian.