Belfast court fines bakery for refusing ‘support gay marriage’ cake

May 21, 2015

A court in Belfast has ruled that a bakery’s Christian owners illegally discriminated against a customer on the basis of sexual orientation when they declined a request to decorate a cake with the words “support gay marriage.”

The court also fined the owners $776.

“Much as I acknowledge fully their religious belief is that gay marriage is sinful, they are in a business supplying services to all, however constituted,” the judge in the case ruled. “The law requires them to do just that.”

 

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Further information:

• Belfast bakery discriminated by refusing gay cake order, court rules (Reuters)
• Northern Ireland Bakery Discriminated Against Gay Customer, Court Finds (The New York Times)
• Northern Ireland Court Says Bakery Violated Anti-Discrimination Laws In Refusing Cake Promoting Gay Marriage (Religion Clause)