Gay marriage cake suit ends when European court declines to take case
A European court declined to overturn the U.K. Supreme Court's decision that a bakery could refuse to make a cake saying "Support Gay Marriage."
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A European court declined to overturn the U.K. Supreme Court's decision that a bakery could refuse to make a cake saying "Support Gay Marriage."
The court said the plaintiff hadn't exhausted all domestic remedies for his case against a Northern Ireland bakery.
The ECHR said Gareth Lee failed to ‘exhaust domestic remedies’ in the long-running legal dispute.
DUBLIN (CNS) -- Europe's highest court has rejected an appeal from a Northern Ireland man who said he was discriminated against when a Christian-run company refused to bake him a cake with a pro-same-sex marriage slogan.
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