Lee v McArthur: the Gay Weddg Cake revised | Law & Relign UK

Contents:

• GETTG MARRIED THE UK GAY MARRIAGE LAWS UK
• UK SUPREME URT BACKS BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE GAY MARRIAGE KE
• US SUPREME COURT BACKS COLORADO BAKER'S GAY WEDDG KE SNUB
• I WATCHED ONE OF BRA'S FIRST-EVER GAY WEDDGS
• ‘GAY KE’ ROW: MAN LOS SEVEN-YEAR BATTLE AGAST BELFAST BAKERY
• THE MORAL OF THE GAY WEDDG KE ROW: THE LAW N’T CREATE TOLERANCE
• LEE V MCARTHUR: THE GAY WEDDG CAKE REVISED
• GAY MARRIAGE

GETTG MARRIED THE UK GAY MARRIAGE LAWS UK

Media ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza, John Coffey and Bernardo Marti, and Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were among the first gay upl to marryThe first same-sex weddgs have taken place after gay marriage beme legal England and Wal at midnight.

David Cameron said the move sent a msage that people were now equal "whether gay or straight", but some relig groups rema opposed. "The law change would enurage young people unsure of their sexualy, he source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Tera Millward and Helen Brearley married HalifaxImage source, APImage ptn, Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sclair Treadway married the uncil chamber at Camn Town Hall LondonImage source, PAImage ptn, Sandi Toksvig and her partner Debbie renewed their civil partnership vows at an event London celebratg the law changeLater on Saturday morng, Mr Cameron tweeted: "Congratulatns to the gay upl who have already been married - and my bt wish to those about to be on this historic day. "This is an credibly happy time for so many gay upl and lbian upl who will be gettg married, but 's an credibly proud time for our untry as well, regnisg equal marriage law, " he said.

Mr Tatchell said the uple and all the others gettg married had "ma history" and "ma Bra a more tolerant, equal place" a crowd of photographers, journalists and well-wishers wag, the uple took the opportuny to highlight the ternatnal stggle for gay McGrah said: "Very few untri afford their gay and lbian cizens equal marriage rights and we believe that this change law will brg hope and strength to gay men and lbians Nigeria, Uganda, Rsia, India and elsewhere, who lack basic equaly and are beg crimalised for their sexual orientatn. "Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were the first same-sex uple to marry BrightonImage source, AFPImage ptn, Phil Robathan and Jam Prton later married at Brighton Town HallLater on Saturday, a crowd of about 2, 000 people - which clud a number of celebri - gathered to watch edian Sandi Toksvig and her partner Debbie renew their civil partnership uple, who entered to a civil partnership seven years ago, exchanged vows on stage at the Royal Ftival Hall London at a special event to celebrate the troductn of gay marriage the UK. But some relig groups rema opposed to gay Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, said: "We n't jt refe an stutn - refe somethg that always has been - bee we say 's somethg that we want.

UK SUPREME URT BACKS BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE GAY MARRIAGE KE

The Roman Catholic Church oppos the change the gay virs, though, have said they are prepared to fy their bishops by sistg they have a right to ptn, The Rev Andrew Ca says he do not want nontatn wh the Church, but "mt do what is right"Among them is the Reverend Andrew Ca, who said the Church was enterg uncharted terrory, but he would not be "ightened" out of dog what he believed was Ca, who plans to marry his partner the summer, said he would do so whether the Church approved or not.

A Belfast bakery n by evangelil Christians was not obliged to make a ke emblazoned wh the msage “support gay marriage”, the supreme urt has led, overturng a £500 damag award imposed on unanimo cisn by the UK’s hight urt was greeted as a victory for ee speech but nmned by gay rights groups and the Equaly Commissn of Northern Ireland as a backward step batg had refed to produce the ke, featurg the Same Street puppets Bert and Ernie, 2014 for Gareth Lee, who supports the mpaign to legalise same-sex marriage Northern Ireland. He wanted to take to a private functn markg Internatnal Day Agast judgment, livered after the supreme urt’s first hearg Northern Ireland May, revers earlier cisns Belfast unty urt and a urt of appeal lg that the pany discrimated agast Lee, who is gay, on the grounds of sexual five jtic on the supreme urt – Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Hodge and Lady Black – found the bakery did not refe to fulfil Lee’s orr bee of his sexual orientatn and therefore there was no discrimatn on those grounds.

“The bakers uld not refe to supply their goods to Mr Lee bee he was a gay man or supported gay marriage, but that is que different om obligg them to supply a ke iced wh a msage wh which they profoundly disagreed.

US SUPREME COURT BACKS COLORADO BAKER'S GAY WEDDG KE SNUB

The US supreme urt reached a siar ncln another bakery se June, when led favour of a Colorado baker who had refed to produce a weddg ke for a gay uple the lg, Lee said: “I’m very nfed about what this actually means. ”The Rabow Project, Northern Ireland’s largt support anisatn for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people, exprsed s disappotment at the #Ashers lg is an historic and semal judgement. ”A spokperson for the gay rights anisatn Stonewall said: “This is a backward step for equaly which needs to be urgently addrsed.

The cisn that Ashers bakery were not discrimatory the so-lled ‘gay ke’ row is very ncerng for anyone who r about equaly. As well as meang that Ashers nnot be legally forced to aid the promotn of same-sex marriage, also means that gay bakers nnot be pelled by law to rate k wh anti-gay marriage slogans. Hundreds of gay upl are preparg to form civil partnerships the g weeks as the law chang after s of mpaigng.

I WATCHED ONE OF BRA'S FIRST-EVER GAY WEDDGS

Alan Wardle, of gay mpaign group Stonewall, said the importance of the change should not be unrtimated.

"Society now legally regnis gay relatnships for the first time. "It's a big day but 21 December, when the first partnerships take place, will be even bigger bee that will see gay and lbian people removg discrimatn.

‘GAY KE’ ROW: MAN LOS SEVEN-YEAR BATTLE AGAST BELFAST BAKERY

Percy Steven on tellg his mother he was gay. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". Image source, RtersImage ptn, Jack Phillips has temporarily stopped makg weddg kThe US Supreme Court has led favour of a baker Colorado who refed to make a weddg ke for a gay Colorado state urt had found that baker Jack Phillips' cisn to turn away David Mulls and Charlie Craig 2012 was unlawful the Supreme Court led on Monday a 7-2 vote that that cisn had vlated Mr Phillips' rights.

THE MORAL OF THE GAY WEDDG KE ROW: THE LAW N’T CREATE TOLERANCE

The nservative Christian ced his relig beliefs refg rights groups feared a lg agast the uple uld set a precent for treatg gay marriag differently om heterosexual the Supreme Court's verdict stead foc specifilly on Mr Phillips' se. The cisn do not state that florists, photographers, or other servic n now refe to work wh gay lg three years after the Supreme Court ma same-sex marriage the law of the land s landmark Obergefell v Hodg source, Getty ImagImage ptn, David Mulls (left) and Charlie Craig wanted a weddg ke to celebrate their planned marriageWhat did Monday's lg say?

Jtice Anthony Kennedy wrote that while Colorado law "n protect gay persons acquirg products and servic... A siar 'gay ke' row is ongog Northern Ireland. The Supreme Court Belfast has yet to release an opn on a lower urt lg that found the owners of a bakery discrimated agast a gay activist for refg to bake a ke wh the slogan "Support Gay Marriage" row began May 2014, when gay activist Gareth Lee placed an orr for a ke wh the gay marriage days later, the Christian-owned Ashers bakery ncelled the orr sayg "would ntradict their relig beliefs".

Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. Photos by Jake LewisHow has taken so long for gay weddg to bee legal the UK?

LEE V MCARTHUR: THE GAY WEDDG CAKE REVISED

But for many, the passg of the law allowg gay upl to marry, which went to effect at midnight on Saturday, isn’t about weddgs. It's about the prciple that gay people should be allowed to do everythg that straight people n do—which should be a basic human, ’s not. Beg gay is still illegal more than 70 untri, and while the UK is makg progrs, a recent BBC survey found that a fifth of Brish people would turn down an vatn to a same-sex weddg.

On Friday night, I went to one of the first gay weddgs the UK to fd out what kd of fun the bigots are missg out grooms were Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sclair Treadway. They got talkg on a gay datg se last year and met for drks at a hotel while Sean was on a bs trip Los Angel, where Sclair was livg.

“The biggt surprise is the opposn to gay marriage the gay muny self, ” said Sean.

GAY MARRIAGE

“A lot of gay people feel like they've been exclud om heterosexual society, so they thk, We’ll keep our culture separate. ”We arrived at Camn Cy Hall and were greeted by Jonathan Simpson, Camn’s first openly gay mayor, a giant Mancunian bear of a man who rembl a heavyweight boxer more than he do an elected official.

“Around the world kids are livg fear every day bee their fai won't accept that they’re gay.