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Cakes, the epicentre of gay rights

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23 May 2015

9:00 AM

23 May 2015

9:00 AM

Cake discrimination

A bakery in Northern Ireland was found guilty of discriminating against a gay couple for whom it refused to bake a cake celebrating gay marriage. Cake-baking has become the epicentre of gay rights.
— In April a lesbian couple were awarded $135,000 in damages against Melissa’s Sweet Cakes, in Oregon, after shop owners refused to bake them a wedding cake.

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