'The View' July 7 episode: Candace Cameron-Bure, Raven-Symone argue over bakery's refusal to bake lesbian wedding cake

A screen grab from The View's July 7 episode wherein Candace Cameron Bure (left) and Raven-Symone got into an argument over Oregon bakery's refusal to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding. Youtube Screenshot/ file

Things got heated on "The View" on Tuesday, July 7, when Candace Cameron-Bure joined the co-host table for the Hot Topics segment. A devout Christian, the "Full House" star got into an argument with co-host Raven-Symone when they discussed an Oregon bakery's decision not to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding. Host Whoopi Goldberg revealed that the owners of the bakery were asked to pay the couple $135,000. 

Symone stated that the Oregon law bars businesses from discriminating against sexual orientation, race, disability, age, or religion. 

"To me, it's the same exact thing that they did back in the day saying that black people couldn't do certain things because it's my 'religious belief'," Symone said. 

"No," Cameron-Bure said, while holding up her hand, saying that the "That's So Raven" star appeared to be comparing the issue to "apples and oranges." She said that it was not about discrimination at all — it was about freedom of association, and it's about First Amendment rights, and that people still had the right to choose whom they associate with. 

"[The bakery] didn't refuse to bake the cake because of their sexual orientation, they baked a cake for them previously. They had a problem with the actual ceremony because that, the ceremony, is what conflicted with their religious beliefs," said Cameron-Bure. 

As she went on, Symone cut her off and said, "I refuse to associate with you right now." 

Earlier this month, the Oregon Labor Commission ordered Aaron and Melissa Klein, the former owners of the Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery in Gresham, Oregon, to pay $135,000 to compensate Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer for what they suffered when the Kleins refused to bake their wedding cake. 

The Kleins vowed to appeal the ruling and wrote on their Facebook account that they "will not give up this fight." 

"We stand for God's truth, God's word and freedom for all Americans," they added. 

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