"Ashers Baking Company: 'Gay cake' row could end up in court", 8 Jul 2014

A Christian-run bakery that refused a customer's request to make a cake with a slogan supporting gay marriage could face a discrimination case in court...The County Antrim firm could face legal action from the Equality Commission...The cake was ordered for a civic event...to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The firm's...general manager, Daniel McArthur, said..."The directors and myself looked at it and considered it and thought that this order was at odds with our beliefs..."...Alliance councillor Andrew Muir...said "Businesses should not be able to pick and choose who they serve,"...[Democratic Unionist Party] MP Nigel Dodds said: "The case re-opens the debate about how exactly religious belief is respected within the United Kingdom and the need for someone's conscience to be protected whilst ensuring that discrimination does not occur."...