The Christian owners of Ashers Baking Company have lost their appeal to overturn a conviction which found them guilty of discrimination for refusing to make a cake bearing a slogan which promoted gay marriage.
More than £100,000 in litigation costs have been spent on the Ashers “gay cake” case has so far. The original made-to-order baked confection cost just £36.50 for retail. The startling expenditure was revealed just as Northern Ireland’s Attorney General, John
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has admitted he was wrong to support the legal campaign against a Northern Ireland bakery that refused to bake a cake with a message supporting gay marriage. Writing in today’s Guardian, the veteran campaigner says
The Christian family at the centre of a legal row over a gay marriage cake has confirmed that they will appeal a court ruling finding them guilty of discrimination. Supporters have said that the ruling opens a “Pandora’s Box”, and
A Christian bakery has been found guilty of discrimination for refusing to make a cake bearing the slogan “support gay marriage”. The ruling was handed down by District Judge Isobel Brownlie following three days of evidence at Belfast County Court, Northern Ireland,
