European Court rules Northern Ireland gay cake case inadmissible


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  • Thursday, 06 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: Daniel McArthur general manager of Ashers bakery involved in a "gay cake" legal dispute arrives at a Supreme Court hearing in Laganside courts in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

BELFAST (Reuters) - A complaint of discrimination previously dismissed by Britain's highest court against a bakery that refused to make a cake with a pro-gay message was inadmissible, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday.

Ashers Baking in Belfast was found guilty of discrimination in 2015 for refusing to make a cake for a customer iced with the words "Support Gay Marriage" because of the owners' Christian beliefs.

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