the customer, gareth lee, said he'd been discriminated against on the grounds of his sexuality. equality watchdog. mr lee won the first stages of his case. judges from the supreme court eventually came here to belfast to hear the arguments. they ruled in favour of the bakers, saying the company made the decision on the basis of the political message which was on the cake, not mr lee's sexual orientation. mr lee then went to the european court of human rights in strasbourg. today, it's dismissed the case because mr lee had previously relied on uk law only. the charity and lobby group which has supported the company says the verdict is the right one. whether you're a christian running a bakery or a gay man running a bakery or whoever you are, you can't be forced to help promote causes that you profoundly disagree with, and i think that's good news for everyone. in a statement gareth lee expressed his disappointment. he said, "none of us should be expected to have to figure out "the beliefs of a company's owners before going into their shop "or paying for their services." his lawye

the court ruled action brought by gareth lee, who claims that he was discriminated against back in 2014 make him a cake iced with the slogan "support gay marriage" was inadmissible. our ireland correspondent chris page gave us the background into the case. never before, you could say, has a cake been so controversial. this started in 2014, when gareth lee, a gay rights activist, walked into a branch of ashers baking company in belfast city centre and placed an order for a cake bearing the slogan "support gay marriage". at the time, same—sex couples were not able to get married in northern ireland. the law finally changed in 2020. gay marriage was legalised then. but eight years ago, it was a major political debate going on. there was a big campaign going on, so mr lee wanted the slogan endorsing that campaign. however, he got a phone call from the bakery owners saying that they were not going to bake the cake because they thought the message on it was at odds with their christian beliefs. mr lee took legal action. he was supported by the northern ireland equality watchdog in doing so. h

a complaint by the northern ireland gay rights activist gareth lee that he was discriminated againstst bakery refused to make him a belfast bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slogan, support gay marriage, has been ruled inadmissible by the european court of human rights. the european court of human rights. the european court of human rights said he had failed to exhaust domestic remedies in his case. you may remember this has been going on for a long time. in 2018 the supreme court in the uk ruled he wasn't discriminated against when the bakery refused to make him a cake with the slogan supporting gay marriage. he then referred the case to the echr claiming the supreme court failed to give appropriate way to him under the european convention of human rights but the court has said arguments must be raised explicitly or in substance before the domestic authorities. he's not going to be able to mount that case in the european court of human rights. from tomorrow, travel rules for arrivals into england will be relaxed. it comes as the prime minister reiterated that the curre

let's get more on that news that a complaint by northern ireland gay rights activist gareth lee thatristian owners of a belfast bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slogan "support gay marriage" has been ruled inadmissible by the european courts of human rights. let's speak now with our ireland correspondent chris page. chris, reminders of the background to this case, because it has been going on for some time.- going on for some time. that's riuht. going on for some time. that's right- never — going on for some time. that's right. never before, _ going on for some time. that's right. never before, you - going on for some time. that's right. never before, you could| going on for some time. that's - right. never before, you could say, has a cake been so controversial. this started in 201a, when gasly, a 93v this started in 201a, when gasly, a gay rights activist, walked into a branch of this baking company in belfast city centre and placed an order for a belfast city centre and placed an orderfor a cake bearing the slogan "support gay marriage". at the time, same—sex couple

the court ruled that action brought by gareth lee, who claims that he was discriminated against back the background into the case. never before, you could say, has a cake been so controversial. this started in 2014, when gareth lee, a gay rights activist, walked into a branch of ashers baking company in belfast city centre and placed an orderfor a cake bearing the slogan "support gay marriage". at the time, same—sex couples were not able to get married in northern ireland. the law finally changed in 2020. gay marriage was legalised then. but eight years ago, it was a major political debate going on. there was a big campaign going on, so mr lee wanted the slogan endorsing that campaign. however, he got a phone call from the bakery owners saying that they were not going to bake the cake because they thought the message on it was at odds with their christian beliefs. mr lee took legal action. he was supported by the northern ireland equality watchdog in doing so. he alleged he had been discriminated against on the grounds of his sexuality. he won his case at the high court here in belfa

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