Christian bakers lose 'gay cake' appeal

The evangelical Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery have lost an appeal to overturn a ruling that their refusal to bake a cake supporting gay marriages was discriminatory. 

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Court judges in Belfast upheld a previous conviction that Ashers Bakery "had directly discriminated against Gareth Lee on grounds of sexual orientation."

In 2014, Lee, a gay rights activist, had ordered a cake showing Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie and the slogan: "Support Gay Marriage" but Ashers refused to bake it, claiming it went against their "sincerely held" religious views. Read more...

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