‘Gay Cake’ ruling – reports and commentary
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Ashers: Gay cake case heads for supreme court, by Calire McNeilly, Belfast Telegraph
Not just a piece of cake by Alasdair Henderson, UK Human Rights blog
Why Ashers case makes humane and sane debate about same-sex marriage less, not more, likely from Belfast Telegraph
Ann Widdecombe: Ashers verdict is ‘mark of totalitarianism’ by Anthony Bushfield, Premier
‘Equality’ advocates want to have their cake and eat it by Kevin Myers, The Times (£)
Be not a baker if you’re a Christian by Alexander Boot
Trust judges? I’d rather ask a baboon to carry a Ming vase by Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday
Gay cake case: Christians cannot claim special ‘exceptions’ from law, insists Equality chief by John Bingham, Telegraph
The gay-cake case: why we must be free to discriminate by Luke Gittos, Spiked
‘Gay cake’ ruling: Arlene Foster hits out at Northern Ireland’s Equality Commission, Belfast Telegraph
Watch Clarifying the Ashers Ruling by the Revd Peter Ould
Why the Ashers ‘gay cake’ ruling is wrong in law by Ian Paul, Psephizo
Ashers Bakery And The ‘Gay Cake’: Not Christian Persecution, Just Bad Advertising by Sally Hitchener, Christian Today
Should we all have the right not to bake a cake? by Hugo Rifkind, Spectator
The ‘gay cake’ case highlights a fundamental problem with the politics of equality by Mark Wallace, Conservative Home
Ashers gay cake ruling was black day for personal freedom by Fionola Meredith, Belfast Telegraph
Gay cake ruling fires oven for an Islamic State sponge by Rob Slane, The Conservative Woman
The ‘Gay Cake’ ruling by Peter Ould, Psephizo (from May 2015, on the original ruling, with some interesting comments below)
Parliament is eroding freedom of speech and equality under the law by Philip Johnston, Telegraph
‘Ex-gay’ bus ad man: I got raw deal in comparison with Ashers case, Belfast News Letter
Gay cake ruling puts freedom in its coffin by Rev Jules Gomes, The Conservative Woman
The Revd Peter Ould explains the verdict to Kevin Kallsen, Anglican Unscripted (scroll to about 12.40 minutes)
Bakers who refused to make ‘gay cake’ say they felt ‘victimised’, Sky News
The troubling logic at the heart of the ‘Gay cake’ ruling – Spectator, Melanie McDonagh
Ashers Bakery’s defeat is no win for the LGBT community – Independent, Peter Tatchell
The “gay cake” case: Ashers Baking loses its appeal – Law & Religion UK, Frank Cranmer
Gay Cakes & the Unkindness of the New Totalitarianism – Think Theology, Matthew Hosier
Ashers ‘gay cake’ verdict is defeat for freedom of expression from the Peter Tatchell Foundation
As a gay man, I’m horrified that Christian bakers are being forced to surrender their beliefs by Neil Midgley, Telegraph
Prominent gay rights activist backs Christian bakers in cake row by Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald
Christians will suffer from this half-baked ‘gay cake’ law , Telegraph editorial
Why the gay cake verdict proves our freedom is under threat from David Robertson, Premier
Ashers lose appeal from The Christian Institute
NI bakers lose ‘gay cake’ appeal – BBC
Ashers Has Lost And So Has Democracy – Christian Today
Reaction to Christian bakers Ashers ‘gay cake’ appeal defeat – BBC
‘Gay cake’ row: born-again Christian bakers lose court appeal – Guardian
Christian Bakers in Northern Ireland Lose Appeal In ‘Gay Cake’ Ruling – TIME
Belfast christian bakers who refused to decorate a gay marriage cake LOSE their appeal – Mail
Ashers Bakery loses appeal over cake with “Support Gay Marriage” slogan – Evangelical Alliance
Calls to change ‘oppressive’ equality law after Ashers lose ‘gay cake’ case – Christian Institute
Christian Ashers Bakery Lose ‘Gay Cake’ Appeal by Harry Farley, Christian Today
Ashers Has Lost And So Has Democracy by Mark Woods, Christian Today
Ashers Bakery ‘gay cake’ appeal judgment: 11% of Evangelical Christians haven’t got a clue about religious liberty from Archbishop Cranmer