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Originally Posted by kirklancaster

I agree that a legal court actually found them guilty Joey, and because of this fact they have no choice than to legally comply with that finding in their future business conduct - no matter how unfair they feel that verdict to be.

This was one of my very points in my condemnation of the recent 'anti-Tory'
protesters/rioters who rioted against a lawful act of Government - the same protesters/rioters which some on here defended in their NOT accepting a legal decision.

Double standards.

So - yes - it was a court who tried and delivered a verdict in this case, but my point was that the case would not have been brought had the shop not been deliberately targeted by Gay Activist Lee with the specific intention of making a 'Test Case' of it.

When you write: "It could have been avoided definitely, they could have simply baked the cake, made a nice profit from it and left it all at that, they never had to personally approve of what was on the cake."

Being owners who personally received the order, they could not have avoided 'personally' approving or disapproving what was on the cake.

I am all for Gay Rights' and 'Equality', but this entire business to me is cynical and unsavoury, unnecessary, and - like the banning of Nativity plays in some of our schools and the banning of the wearing of crucifixes in some of our workplaces because they might 'offend' a minority - is yet one more example of extending 'equality' on one section of society by imposing inequality on another.

The Equality And Human Rights Commission has been needlessly and cynically exploited once again - in my opinion.

Not double standards at all,everyone has a right to protest in the UK it is not an 'illegal' act.
Those 'few' who caused bother and did wrong will have acted illegally. which everyone said almost universally on here,
They will face consequences for their actions too,those who were caught and any who are afterwards in the future.

It is not illegal however to arrange a protest or hold one,the right to demonstrate is a legal one in the UK.
Discrimination against a person or a section of society however is not legal in the UK, and these people if they hold such strong uncompromising beliefs,should not, in my view be in any business that involves the public at all.

As this court rightly judged.
It doesn't matter who brought the case, the case was then heard and was found to be illegal and a discriminatory act.

Your poor example of the protests which had some bother,would not be found to be an illegal act, although the actions of some on that march,(not the march itself), were, and if the police decide action is needed, then it will be.