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Well done supreme court!
Delighted for Ashers - I didn't like the repercussions of this case.
The court has seen sense that it was the slogan they were refusing, not the customer - the order would have been refused whoever ordered it - gay or straight.
I wonder what the situation would have been if they refused to make a cake for a civil partnership - (even if ordered by a straight person - parents of the couple etc) - I suspect that would be discrimination.
Originally posted by Tammykitty
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I can't see how that would be discrimination - against whom and on what grounds?
As the supreme court has rightly decided, discrimination law is there to protect individuals from being disadvantaged not ideals/beliefs from being disagreed with.
Quite why the publicly funded 'Equality Commission' decided to throw taxpayer provided money and resources into trying to help an 'activist' score a political point is something that needs to be answered. If their chief commissioner Dr Michael Wardlow can't give a satisfactory answer he should consider resigning.
This also shows how lower courts are swayed in their legal decisions by media/social mores, which is quite concerning too.