UK bakery’s refusal to bake pro same-sex marriage cake did not discriminate – court

NewsHub 11 October 2018
Family First Comment:  Superb decision in the UK 
“The court said the situation was more akin to a Christian printing business being required to print leaflets promoting an atheist message.” 
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Britain’s highest court on Wednesday said a Northern Irish bakery’s refusal to make a cake bearing a pro-gay slogan was not discriminatory in a ruling condemned by the customer, a gay rights activist, but hailed by the province’s main conservative party.

Ashers Baking in Belfast was found guilty of discrimination in 2015 for refusing to make a cake for a customer iced with the words “Support Gay Marriage” because of the owners’ Christian beliefs.

It failed in an appeal to the local courts in 2016 but the Supreme Court, the UK’s highest judicial body, overturned that decision on Wednesday, saying the bakers’ objection was to the message on the cake, not to any personal characteristics of the messenger, or anyone with whom he was associated.

“The objection was to being required to promote the message on the cake,” said Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court, adding that the conclusion would not in any way diminish the need to protect gay people and people who support gay marriage.

“The less favourable treatment was afforded to the message not to the man. It was not as if he were being refused a job, or accommodation, or baked goods in general, because of his political opinion. The evidence was that they were quite prepared to serve him in other ways.”
READ MORE: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/10/uk-bakery-s-refusal-to-bake-pro-same-sex-marriage-cake-did-not-discriminate-court.html

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