Melissa Klein should ditch her husband and reopen her bakery

I've found myself sympathizing with Melissa Klein, who is the owner of disgraced bakery Sweet Cakes by Melissa. The Gresham, Oregon woman is married to Aaron Klein, who is essentially the entire reason why her bakery became notorious in the first place. Before he reduced a lesbian couple to tears and discriminated against them by refusing to bake a cake for their same sex union, their business supposedly thrived. Melissa was doing what she loved up until all of this controversy. She was making artistic baked creations for people in her area with some decent feedback. Melissa broke down and cried recently at the Values Voters Summit, and she called herself a "compassionate" person. Well, I'm actually a compassionate person too, and I can recognize when a person isn't 100% in control of his or her life. I believe that's been the case with Melissa, and I pity her.

Over the course of this entire ordeal, Melissa has not been the loud and outspoken one. She wasn't even the one who turned away the lesbian couple in the first place -- as far as reports indicate. Instead, she's taken on the role of support for her husband -- standing by her man as he operates as the mouthpiece for the business that bears her name. Anytime that she has spoken about the situation, she has appeared confused and flustered -- almost as if she wasn't exactly sure of her own arguments. Could it be that this is because they were never necessarily her arguments at all, but those of her clearly controlling husband?

I believe that Melissa Klein can be a compassionate person, but she needs to work on herself as a person first. She doesn't appear confident. She seems broken and meek, as if she's scared of something. I think if she reopened her bakery without Aaron in her life she would find acceptance from those her husband rejected so callously. I think she'd find a new lease on life and may actually become a stronger and happier person.