Gay bakery
Two legal rivals that duke out religious freedom cases are in unusual positions after a Denver bakery refused to make a cake decorated with the words “God hates gays” and an "X" over two men holding hands.
The case involves Azucar Bakery owner Marjorie Silva, who told KUSA-TV that making such a cake would be "just very discriminatory and hateful." In response, Bill Jack, a Christian, complained he was the victim of religious discrimination. Colorado officials contain since launched a formal investigation.
The case inverts an increasingly common narrative in which Christian business owners have used religious objections as the basis to refuse service to LGBT customers. This turning of the tables also reverses the roles of advocacy groups — for example, one group that typically defends Christians in religious liberty cases is supporting the LGBT-friendly baker.
“It was clearly Ms. Silva’s right to decline to promote a message with which she so clearly disagreed," Jeremy Tedesco, senior legal counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), said in a expression to BuzzFeed News. "Ms. Silva should not be forced to use her artistic abilities to further a word with which she sincerely d
A bakery created 'the gayest cake they could make' for an engaged couple — and the result is spectacular
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- Chris Farias asked his local bakery in Canada for "the gayest cake they could make," according to his Instagram and Facebook posts.
- The rainbow design, conclude with a golden unicorn horn, was so extravagant that the cake went viral.
- Cake and Loaf Bakery told INSIDER that they are overwhelmed with the positive response, and that they couldn't imagine denying anybody a cake based on who they love.
Facebook user Chris Farias didn't wish just any cake for his one-year engagement to fiancé Jared Lenover. So he went to Cake and Loaf Bakery in Ontario, Canada, to arrange "the gayest cake they could make," according to Farias' Facebook, as reported by BuzzFeed.
The bakery did not disappoint. It came endorse with the most extravagant rainbow cake, complete with pillowy swirl
'Gay cake' row: What is the dispute about?
In October 2016, the owners of the bakery clueless their appeal against the judgment that their refusal to create a "gay cake" was discriminatory.
Appeal court judges said that, under law, the bakers were not allowed to provide a service only to people who agreed with their religious beliefs, external.
Reacting to the ruling, Daniel McArthur from Ashers said he was "extremely disappointed" adding that it undermined "democratic freedom, religious release and free speech".
The firm then took the case to the Supreme Court and they won.
The UK's highest court ruled the bakery's refusal to make a cake with a slogan supporting same-sex marriage was not discriminatory.
Then president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, ruled the bakers did not refuse to fulfil the order because of the customer's sexual orientation.
"They would include refused to make such a cake for any customer, irrespective of their sexual orientation," she said.
"Their objection was to the message on the cake, not to the personal characteristics of Mr Lee."
And from there, Mr Lee took his case to Europe,
Baker’s refusal to bake queer wedding cake
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. ___; 138 S. Ct. 1719 (2018)
Summary
In a 7-2 choice, the US Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission (Commission) that a baker could not oppose to sell a wedding cake to a homosexual couple. Jack Phillips, owner of Colorado bakery, Masterpiece Cakeshop, had refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because same-sex marriage conflicted with his religious views. The couple filed a complaint with the Commission on the basis that the refusal violated articulate anti-discrimination laws that prohibit businesses from discriminating against customers based on sexual orientation. The Commission ordered the baker to bake the cake. The baker appealed to the Court of Appeals which agreed with the Commission. The baker appealed to the US Supreme Court (Court), which overturned the Commission’s decision on the basis that the Commission had not acted with the required neutrality towards religion.
The Court did not take the opportunity to decide on broader issues, such as the overlap between the rights to free speech