Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others
In Gareth Lee, a gay rights activist, placed an order with Ashers Baking Company, a Belfast bakery, [5] for a cake decorated with the slogan "support gay marriage" as same-sex marriage was illegal in Northern Ireland at the time. [6][7] The McArthurs, who are Christians, declined the order and refunded Lee's money, saying they could not. The owners run Ashers in accordance with their Christian beliefs: notably, that a the only form of full sexual expression which is consistent with Biblical teaching and therefore acceptable to God is that between a man and a woman within marriage; and b the only form of marriage consistent with Biblical teaching and therefore acceptable to God is that between a man and a woman. Mr Lee was invited to a QueerSpace event following a motion in the Northern Ireland Assembly narrowly rejecting same sex marriage. 
Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others
A lesser person? The case began in , when Mr Lee visited a Belfast branch of Ashers Bakery, and asked them to bake a cake decorated with the gay marriage slogan. Gareth Lee sued Christian-run Ashers bakery for refusing to make a cake decorated with the slogan "Support Gay Marriage". A gay rights activist has lost a seven-year discrimination dispute over a cake order as the European Court of Human Rights ruled his case inadmissible.
'Gay cake' Supreme Court decision
The Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery have won their appeal in the so-called "gay cake" discrimination case. The UK's highest court ruled that Ashers bakery's refusal to make a cake. The Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery have won their appeal in the so-called "gay cake" discrimination case. The UK's highest court ruled that Ashers bakery's refusal to make a cake with a slogan supporting same-sex marriage was not discriminatory. Gay cake case
Mr Lee placed an order for a cake with the first Appellant (the Ashers bakery) with the QueerSpace logo and the words " Support Gay Marriage " printed on it. The order was originally accepted by the third Appellant, Mrs McArthur, a director of Ashers. Ashers Bakery — the Christian baking company in Northern Ireland — will go before the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a landmark battle between religious freedom and anti-discrimination laws. The hearing is almost four years to the day since the family-run business first refused to bake a cake with the slogan 'Support Gay Marriage' for LGBT activist Gareth Lee. Ashers Bakery
Ashers Bakery – the Christian baking company in Northern Ireland – will go before the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a landmark battle between religious freedom and anti-discrimination laws. The hearing is almost four years to the day since the family-run business first refused to bake a cake with. Jonathan Seglow does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Ashers on October 10, a case from Northern Ireland that has attracted widespread attention. 
Ashers 'gay cake' row
In May , Gareth Lee, a gay rights activist, involved with QueerSpace, an organisation for the LGBT community in Northern Ireland, ordered a cake from Ashers bakery in Belfast. .
Ashers 'gay cake' case
In Mr Gareth Lee approached Ashers Bakery and placed an order for a cake to be iced with the slogan “Support Gay Marriage”. But two days later Mr Lee was told by the head office of the bakery that Ashers wouldn’t make his order because the slogan was “inconsistent” with the McArthurs’ religious beliefs. Mr Lee, backed by the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland successfully. . 
Ashers Bakery WIN the ‘Gay Cake’ case at UK Supreme Court
The UK Supreme court handed down judgment on 10 October in Lee (Respondent) v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others (Appellants) (Northern Ireland) [] UKSC 49, otherwise known as ‘the gay cake case’. The court unanimously held that Ashers Bakery did not act in a discriminatory way by refusing to make a cake which had the message “Support Gay Marriage”. BackgroundThe McArthurs. .