LONDON — In a case very similar to one in the United States, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ruled in favor of a Northern Ireland bakery that refused to bake a cake and decorate it with a slogan supporting same-sex “marriage.”
The U.K. case pitted an LGBT rights activist against the bakery, whose owners cited their Christian beliefs barring gay “marriage” when they canceled the cake order.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom where same-sex “marriage” is not permitted, but a lower court ruled against the bakers. They then took the case to the U.K.’s highest court, which ruled in a unanimous decision that the bakers’ refusal to bake the cake was based on opposition to the requested wording not discrimination against the customer.
Peter Tatchell, a British gay rights activist, welcomed the ruling, writing that “in a democracy people should be able to discriminate against ideas with which they disagree.” (RNS)
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