Gay cake case update
The Ashers Baking Company case was heard from 9–12 May. The Lord Chief Justice cited the Irish referendum as a reminder that not everyone who supports gay marriage is gay, as the McArthur’s reiterated that their concern was with promoting a message on a cake, not the unknown orientation of the customer.
The Christian Institute
David Scoffield QC told judges at the Court of Appeal in Belfast that discrimination must be against ‘another person’, not an idea or an object (like a cake).
