Gareth Lee to challenge lg that Northern Ireland bakery had right to refe to bake ke wh pro-gay marriage msage
Contents:
- THE GREAT SUPREME COURT CAKE-OFF: CHRISTIAN BAKERS VS. GAY WEDDGS
- EUROPEAN URT L FAVOR OF CHRISTIAN BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE KE SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE
- UK SUPREME URT BACKS BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE GAY MARRIAGE KE
- GAY MARRIAGE KE: CTOMER TAK SE TO EUROPEAN URT
THE GREAT SUPREME COURT CAKE-OFF: CHRISTIAN BAKERS VS. GAY WEDDGS
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a plat agast a Christian bakery Northern Ireland that refed to make a ke supportg gay marriage on relig grounds. * christian bakery gay cake case *
Durg oral arguments, the urt’s nservative jtic challenged the gay uple’s unsel, Amerin Civil Liberti Unn (ACLU) legal director David Cole, over how Colorado’s law appli to people of fah.
While the legal tensns between gay rights and relig rights have grown wh legal regnn of same-sex marriage (Alo poted out on Tuday that gay marriage had not been legalized at the time Phillips turned down the ke orr), the unrlyg issu surroundg relig belief and practice have plenty of precent for the urt to pull om.
“Colorado will siarly argue that is the public tert to prevent discrimatn agast gays and lbians, and that this requirement is ‘generally applible’ to all bs people the state, not jt prcipled Christians, ” Kidd said.
EUROPEAN URT L FAVOR OF CHRISTIAN BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE KE SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE
”Relig liberty scholars Thomas Berg and Douglas Layck, their amic brief on behalf of Phillips and an article posted at the Berkley Fom, argue that the se tts the meang of “ntral and generally applible” sce Colorado sid wh bakers who were charged wh anti-relig discrimatn for refg to bake a ke wh a msage nmng homosexualy.
Like Phillips, the owners of Ashers Bakg Company state that they do not discrimate agast gay ctomers, and their issue li wh particular orrs, not people. Supreme Court se June over his refal to make a weddg ke a gay uple based on his relig nvictns, he thought his legal battl wh the state of Colorado were over, acrdg to a now Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakhop Lakewood, Colorado, is facg a new urt fight, this one volvg a lawyer who asked him to bake a ke to celebrate the anniversary of her genr transn.
In 2012, Phillips was tapulted to the center of a natnal ntroversy when he was sued by the State of Colorado after he cled to create a ctom weddg ke for a gay uple.
UK SUPREME URT BACKS BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE GAY MARRIAGE KE
Supreme Court victory after refg on relig grounds to make a gay uple’s weddg ke a NBC Out on Twter, Facebook & Instagram. | Rters/Vcent KslerThe European Court of Human Rights has rejected a plat agast a Christian bakery Northern Ireland that refed to make a ke supportg gay marriage on relig Strasbourg-based urt charged wh terpretg the European Conventn on Human Rights rejected the plat of Gareth Lee.
“I’m surprised anyone would want to overturn a lg that protects gay bs owners om beg forced to promote views they don’t share, jt as much as protects Christian bs owners.
”Bert and Ernie “support gay marriage” ke turned down by U.
GAY MARRIAGE KE: CTOMER TAK SE TO EUROPEAN URT
“Everyone has eedom of exprsn and mt equally apply to lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people.
”Lee sued the McArthur fay 2014 after they refed to make a ke that would feature “Same Street” characters Bert and Ernie wh the slogan “Support Gay Marriage” at the Belfast County Court led agast the bakery and fed the uple the equivalent of $600. ”“The msage was not dissociable om the sexual orientatn of the ctomer, as support for gay marriage was not a proxy for any particular sexual orientatn, ” the high urt nclud.