{"id":21097,"date":"2022-01-06T16:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adf.uk\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2024-01-11T16:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:52:51","slug":"sweet_taste_of_freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/commentary\/sweet_taste_of_freedom","title":{"rendered":"The sweet taste of Freedom – by Elizabeth Francis writing for The Critic"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span>t a time when speech and opinion is as restricted and threatened by the masses as arguably it\u2019s ever been, news out today from Europe\u2019s highest human rights court will come as a relief to many. The court dismissed an attempt to re-open an eight-year legal battle focused on whether small business owners can be forced into saying things that go against their religious convictions. The Strasbourg-based court has decided it won\u2019t rule for or against the UK\u2019s interpretation of the law.<\/p>\n

For the UK\u2019s most famous Christian bakers, the final victory will taste sweet.<\/p>\n

If you cast your mind back a few years, you might remember that a gay man, Mr Lee, brought a case against the owners of a family-run bakery in Northern Ireland by the name of \u201cAshers\u201d. When Mr Lee requested that a cake with the slogan \u201cSupport Gay Marriage\u201d be designed under the bespoke \u201cbuild-a-cake\u201d service, Daniel and Amy McArthur kindly apologised and said they had to decline the business. They explained that writing the icing slogan for Lee\u2019s Bert and Ernie themed cake would go against their Christian belief that marriage was for one man and one woman. This was an outrage to Mr Lee. He took the Belfast bakers to court, accusing them of discriminating against him because he was gay.”<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u201cThe sweet taste of freedom\u201d by Elizabeth Francis (The Critic<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ECHR has ruled against reopening the \u201cgay cake\u201d case. 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