Bakery win 'Gay Cake' row
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:41 pm
Finally at last some common sense has prevailed though it took £450k and a four year battle right up to the Supreme Court who today ruled unanimously there was no discrimination by Ashers bakery who refused to decorate a cake with a slogan promoting gay marriage.
It was always suspicious from the outset as Mr Lee, a gay rights activist, had apparently targeted Ashers in the knowledge of their religious beliefs. That one of the bakeries employees was gay didn't appear to be important to him. He wanted a reaction. Well he's got one now! I remember DS gays going ballistic over this case when it first hit the news four years back. Looks like they will be back at the cake again spitting more feathers!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45789759
Even Peter Tatchell, an LGBT campaigner spoke out in defence of the bakery and the court ruling.
“This verdict is a victory for freedom of expression. As well as meaning that Ashers cannot be legally forced to aid the promotion of same-sex marriage, it also means that gay bakers cannot be compelled by law to decorate cakes with anti-gay marriage slogans,” said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/ashers-gay-cake-verdict-is-victory-for-freedom-of-expression/
It was always suspicious from the outset as Mr Lee, a gay rights activist, had apparently targeted Ashers in the knowledge of their religious beliefs. That one of the bakeries employees was gay didn't appear to be important to him. He wanted a reaction. Well he's got one now! I remember DS gays going ballistic over this case when it first hit the news four years back. Looks like they will be back at the cake again spitting more feathers!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45789759
Even Peter Tatchell, an LGBT campaigner spoke out in defence of the bakery and the court ruling.
“This verdict is a victory for freedom of expression. As well as meaning that Ashers cannot be legally forced to aid the promotion of same-sex marriage, it also means that gay bakers cannot be compelled by law to decorate cakes with anti-gay marriage slogans,” said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/ashers-gay-cake-verdict-is-victory-for-freedom-of-expression/