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• US SUPREME COURT BACKS COLORADO BAKER'S GAY WEDDG KE SNUB
• ‘GAY KE’ ROW: MAN LOS SEVEN-YEAR BATTLE AGAST BELFAST BAKERY
• I’VE CHANGED MY MD ON THE GAY KE ROW. HERE’S WHY
• 15 CUTE RABOW CAK FOR GAY PRI MONTH
• ‘GAY KE’ LG SETS DANGERO PRECENT
• GAY KE
• SHOULD CHRISTIAN BAKERS BE ALLOWED TO REFE WEDDG CAK TO GAYS?
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• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

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

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 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... 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".

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

”An earlier cisn the Kern unty superr urt also went Miller’s way, but was later vated by the fifth district urt of appeal, which sent the lawsu back to the cisn as a Colorado baker is challengg a lg he vlated that state’s anti-discrimatn law by refg to make a ke celebratg a genr baker, Jack Phillips, separately won a partial US supreme urt victory after refg on relig grounds to make a gay uple’s weddg ke a ago. A man has lost a seven-year legal battle agast a Belfast bakery that refed to make him a ke emblazoned wh the msage “support gay marriage” as the European urt of human rights led that his claim was admissible, promptg disappotment om gay rights Thursday the ECHR, by a majory cisn, said would not rensir the cisn of the UK supreme urt, which had overturned a £500 damag award imposed on Ashers bakery, which is n by evangelil refed to produce the ke, featurg the Same Street puppets Bert and Ernie, 2014 for Gareth Lee, who was a supporter of the mpaign to legalise same-sex marriage Northern Ireland.

Same-sex marriage was legalised Northern Ireland last the supreme urt judgment 2018, after s first hearg Northern Ireland, a Belfast unty urt and a urt of appeal had led that the pany discrimated agast Lee, who is gay, on the grounds of sexual ECHR said the claim was admissible bee the applint had not exprsly voked his rights unr the European nventn on human rights at any pot the domtic proceedgs and had relied solely on domtic said: “The supreme urt found on the facts of the se that the applint was not treated differently on acunt of his real or perceived sexual orientatn, but rather that the refal to supply the ke was bee of the fendants’ relig objectn to gay marriage.

I’VE CHANGED MY MD ON THE GAY KE ROW. HERE’S WHY

“What was prcipally at issue, therefore, was not the effect on the applint’s private life or his eedom to hold or exprs his opns or beliefs, but rather whether Ashers bakery was required to produce a ke exprsg the applint’s polil support for gay marriage. Its puty director, Daniel Holr, said the ECHR’S lg on admissibily left dividuals and anisatns mpaigng on gay rights “vulnerable to a mercial bs refg to provi servic like prtg posters, leaflets, settg up webs etc, through claimg an exemptn to non-discrimatn laws on the basis of ‘’s not you ’s your msage’.

15 CUTE RABOW CAK FOR GAY PRI MONTH

”The ECHR said balancg the rights of Lee and those of the bakery owners, Daniel and Amy McArthur, was “a matter of great import and sensivy to both LGBTIQ muni and to fah muni”, particularly Northern Calvert, a spokperson for the Christian Instute, which backed the McArthurs, lled the cisn good news for ee speech, addg: “It protects gay bs owners om beg forced to promote views they don’t share, jt as much as protects Christian bs owners.

Like most gay and equaly mpaigners, I ially nmned the Christian-n Ashers Bakery Belfast over s refal to produce a ke wh a pro-gay marriage slogan for a gay ctomer, Gareth Lee. Much as I wish to fend the gay muny, I also want to fend eedom of nscience, exprsn and saga began 2014 when the bakery said was not willg to ice a ke wh the words “support gay marriage” and the logo of the equaly group Queer Space, claimg the msage was ntrary to s Christian beliefs.

This stck many of as anti-gay discrimatn based on relig-spired homophobic prejudice.

‘GAY KE’ LG SETS DANGERO PRECENT

Ashers believ that the relatnships of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people are wrong and should not be eligible for the stat of marriage.

GAY KE

They claim to be Christians, yet J never once nmned homosexualy, and discrimatn is not a Christian value. It pas me to say this, as a long-time supporter of the stggle for LGBT equaly Northern Ireland, where same-sex marriage and gay blood donors rema banned. However, the urt erred by lg that Lee was discrimated agast bee of his sexual orientatn and polil ke requt was refed not bee he was gay, but bee of the msage he asked for.

Dpe this, Judge Isobel Brownlie said that refg the pro-gay marriage slogan was unlawful direct sexual orientatn discrimatn. ” Brownlie th nclud that by refg to provi a ke wh a pro-gay marriage wordg Ashers had treated him ls favourably, ntrary to the fdg of polil discrimatn agast Lee sets a worryg precent. Rabow k grew populary after a natn-wi ntroversy which a Colorado baker refed to bake a ke for a gay a time when k had sudnly bee ntroversial, alli and members of the LGBTQ muny ed rabow sserts to fight are now a mon stable of Pri celebratns around the We Celebrate PriPri Month is a celebratn of acceptance and love that transcend all sexuali and sexual inti.

It is held yearly June to honor the Stonewall Rts of is a ferally regnized observance that often clus paras and public celebratns that are fun for all the events, you’ll be greeted wh a welg atmosphere, a playful ambience, and lots of Meang Behd the Rabow SymbolThe roots of the rabow symbol stem back to a time when beg gay or lbian was not openly those tim, people would wear bright lored articl of clothg as part of their regular wardrobe. Fifteen Bt Rabow Cak for Gay Pri MonthIf you are lookg to bake a lorful claratn of Pri, you are likely siftg through thoands of ias onle and overwhelmed by your, we will discs some of our favore rabow k and how to create them.

SHOULD CHRISTIAN BAKERS BE ALLOWED TO REFE WEDDG CAK TO GAYS?

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a legal challenge a long-nng dispute known as the "gay ke" se, lg the actn admissible.The ECHR is the latt urt to have s say the long-nng ntroversy.It all started 2014, when a bakery Northern Ireland refed to make a ke wh a slogan supportg same-sex marriage.Here's a look at how the se reached Strasbourg:What about the bakery? The bakery me to wir promence July 2014 when emerged that had cled an orr s Belfast branch om gay rights activist Gareth Lee.

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He had wanted them to make a ke that clud a slogan that said "support gay marriage" along wh a picture of Bert and Ernie om Same Street, and the logo of the Queerspace anisatn.At the time, same-sex marriage was still illegal Northern Ireland, but the law has sce changed and same-sex weddgs have been takg place sce Febary 2020.The ke was beg missned for a civic event Bangor, County Down, to mark Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia.Staff at the bakery passed the orr to s head office, which nsired to be "at odds" wh their beliefs.

Durg the heargs, a lawyer for the bakery argued the issue was "the ke, not the ctomer".One of the bakers, Karen McArthur, said she did not know Mr Lee was gay and would not have mattered as they would not have been prepared to make a ke wh a pro-same-sex marriage slogan for anyone.However, Mr Lee said he felt he was discrimated agast. Media ptn, Daniel McArthur, manager of Ashers Bakery, said they were "extremely disappoted wh the judgment"The judge found favour of Mr Lee, sayg that as a bs, Ashers was not exempt om discrimatn law.District Judge Isobel Brownlie said Ashers was "nductg a bs for prof" and was not a relig group.The firm was found to have discrimated agast Mr Lee on the grounds of sexual orientatn as well as his polil beliefs.The judge said she accepted Ashers had "genue and eply held" relig views, but said the bs was not above the law.Damag of £500 were agreed advance by legal teams on both sis of the dispute.Media ptn, Rob Allen QC said his client Gareth Lee was "very glad" the se was fishedDid the owners appeal?In October 2016, the owners of the bakery lost their appeal agast the lg that their refal to make a "gay ke" was discrimatory.Reactg to the lg, Daniel McArthur om Ashers said he was "extremely disappoted" addg that unrmed "mocratic eedom, relig eedom and ee speech".The firm then took the se to the Supreme Court and they won.The UK's hight urt led the bakery's refal to make a ke wh a slogan supportg same-sex marriage was not discrimatory.Then print of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, led the bakers did not refe to fulfil the orr bee of the ctomer's sexual orientatn."They would have refed to make such a ke for any ctomer, irrpective of their sexual orientatn," she said."Their objectn was to the msage on the ke, not to the personal characteristics of Mr Lee."And om there, Mr Lee took his se to Europe, argug the UK Supreme Court "failed to give appropriate weight" to his se unr the European Conventn of Human Rights.More on this storyAround the BBC.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

Would you nsir this discrimatn agast homosexuals, or do the bs have a right to refe service to anyone they want? In 2012, the owner of Colorado bakery Masterpiece Cakhop refed to make a ke for a gay uple's weddg receptn — promptg a round of legal challeng that have so far end the uple's favor.

Another baker Colorado fac a plat om a ctomer allegg relig discrimatn — for refg to wre anti-gay msag on a ke. But the ctomer also asked that Silva scribe anti-gay msag, such as "God hat gays, " onto the k and clu an image of two men holdg hands crossed out by a large X.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

But Phillips allegedly nied service to a gay uple jt bee of their sexual orientatn. The state has a non-discrimatn law that protects gay and lbian people om discrimatn public and private plac that are open to the general public, such as rtrants and bakeri.