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Belfast Bakery Loses Cake Discrimination Case

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11:09 24 Oct 2016


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The owners of a Belfast bakery have lost an appeal in a row over a cake supporting gay marriage.

The owners of Ashers bakery refused to make a cake with a slogan supporting same-sex marriage, on the grounds it went against their Christian beliefs.

This morning the Court of Appeal in Belfast has upheld an earlier finding that the shop unfairly discriminated against customers by refusing to bake the cake.

The judges ruled it did not necessarily mean endorsing its message, and that bakers could not choose customers according to their religious beliefs.


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