Cake shop refuses gay couple
'Gay cake' row: What is the dispute about?
In October , the owners of the bakery lost their appeal against the decree that their refusal to make a "gay cake" was discriminatory.
Appeal court judges said that, under regulation, the bakers were not allowed to provide a service only to people who agreed with their religious beliefs, external.
Reacting to the ruling, Daniel McArthur from Ashers said he was "extremely disappointed" adding that it undermined "democratic freedom, religious freedom and free speech".
The firm then took the case to the Supreme Court and they won.
The UK's uppermost court ruled the bakery's refusal to make a cake with a slogan supporting same-sex marriage was not discriminatory.
Then president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, ruled the bakers did not refuse to fulfil the order because of the customer's sexual orientation.
"They would have refused to make such a cake for any customer, irrespective of their sexual orientation," she said.
"Their objection was to the note on the cake, not to
Colorado high court to hear case against Christian baker who refused to construct trans-themed cake
On the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court victory this summer for a graphic artist who didn’t want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday it will now catch the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
The announcement by the Colorado Supreme Court is the latest development in the yearslong legal saga involving Jack Phillips and LGBTQ rights.
Phillips won a partial victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in after refusing to make a lgbtq+ couple’s wedding cake.
He was later sued by Autumn Scardina, a transgender female, after Phillips and his suburban Denver bakery refused to make a pink cake with sky frosting for her birthday and to celebrate her gender transition.
Scardina, an attorney, said she brought the lawsuit to “challenge the veracity” of Phillips’ statements that he would serve LGBTQ customers. Her attorney said her cake directive was not a “set up” intended to file a lawsuit.
The Colorado Suprem
You may recall the controversial "gay cake" case (Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd) that was heard by the Supreme Court in This is the case of the Christian bakery who refused to produce a cake with the message “support gay marriage” for a gay customer. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has now unanimously decided that it would not reconsider the Supreme Court judgment on this case.
In brief, the truths of the case are as follows. Mr Lee, a male lover man, ordered a cake from Ashers Bakers, to mark the end of Aniti-homophobic week. The bakery refused on the grounds that it was a Christian business. Mr Lee brought a claim in the Belfast County Court claiming that the refusal was direct discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and religious belief or political view. The bakery argued that they had refused the order because they believed that providing the cake would have promoted the political campaign for same-sex marriage, which was against their Christian beliefs. They said they would have refused to supply a cake to a heterosexual or bise
Ashers 'gay cake' case: European court rules case inadmissible
However, the Rainbow Project, a Belfast-based gay rights campaign group, said the UK Supreme court decision had created legal uncertainty for LGBT people when accessing goods and services and Thursday's ECHR ruling had not resolved that uncertainty.
"The Rainbow Project affirms our fundamental belief in release of religion for all people, however this liberty cannot be extrapolated into privately-owned business and used as a justification for discrimination," said its director John O'Doherty.
Fellow LGBT campaign group Stonewall also said Thursday's ECHR decision "leaves the door open for legal uncertainty across the UK and causes continued unease for our communities".
"Our thoughts are with Gareth Lee, who deserved more support from the European courts after seven years of working towards equality," said Stonewall's principal executive Nancy Kelley.
Mr Lee's lawyer, Ciaran Moynagh, said the ruling was a missed opportunity, and that Mr Lee was consider