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‘Gay cake’ row underlines the complexities of The Equality Act

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‘Gay cake’ row underlines the complexities of The Equality Act

A four-and-a-half year discrimination case has finally concluded today with the bakery owners who refused to make a so-called ‘gay cake’ winning their appeal at the UK Supreme Court. The Christian owners of Ashers bakery in Northern Ireland refused to make a cake sporting the slogan ‘Support Gay Marriage’ on the basis that the slogan […]