Posted on 04/04/2015 5:29:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Ulster baker who has been taken to court for refusing to make a cake celebrating gay marriage said that his religion was too important to him to go against his beliefs, the Daily Express reports.
Daniel McArthur, general manager of family run Ashers Bakery, told Belfast County Court, “Before God, this is something we couldn’t make.”
The business refused to undertake an order by a gay activist who wanted it decorated with Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie, arm-in-arm under the words “Support Gay Marriage”.
Same Sex marriage is still illegal in Northern Ireland; a country where only 10 per cent of people described themselves as atheist in the last census, compared to 41 per cent who were Roman Catholic, 20 per cent Presbyterian and 13 per cent Anglican.
Instead of tolerating other people’s religious beliefs, Northern Ireland’s Equality Commission took action against Ashers on behalf of gay rights activist Gareth Lee.
Giving evidence on the second day of the trial, which has divided opinion in Ulster, Mr McArthur said “The reason for the decision was that, as Christians, we could not put that message on a cake.
“Gay marriage is clearly in contradiction of the Bible; Our Christian faith is of utmost importance to us,” he said.
“It is how we run our lives, it is how we live our lives, it is how we bring up our families: Before God, this is something we couldn’t make.”
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Take the government out of the marriage process and just don’t get a license sanctioned and/or issued by the state.
Before the invention of license or certificate it was commonly held that your declaration alone was sufficient for the state.
If one objects to the misnomer “Gay Marriage” and the current war by homosexuals, using the law and government, as blunt instruments to force a social validation and acceptance, then we simply cannot seek or obtain permission by givernment.
For a free state to be viable, "sustainable" if you will, since it's a favorite buzzword of leftists...it requires offspring to pay taxes as the current generation of taxpayers fades into oblivion. Since natural procreation is impossible with these unholy unions, I would say that the General Welfare of the state is imperiled as a result.
Sodomy — it’s all about force.
About 30 years ago, a certain Mr. Lee would have been missing a knee cap if he tried to pull this off, courtesy of the bakers local UDA.
I believe all businesses in Ireland can refuse service to tinkers, why would this be any different legally? It’s already allowed so this group has no legal standing-if the government were consistent.
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