Landmark Case: California Judge Rules Christian Baker Does NOT Have to Make Gay Wedding Cake “Cathy gladly serves everyone who walks through her bakery’s doors, including same-sex couples. But she should not be forced by the government to express messages that conflict with her sincerely held religious beliefs.” -Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund president Charles LiMandri
Will Maule : May 29, 2018 : Faithwire.com
[Faithwire.com] A California judge has made a final ruling in favor of a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay wedding. The baker’s refusal was based on her claim that making the cake would have forced her to go against her deeply held Christian beliefs and endorse something that she personally disagrees with. (Photo: Cathy Miller/Gofundme page/via LifeSiteNews)
Last August, Mireya and Eileen Rodriguez-Del Rio ordered a wedding cake from Tastries Bakery owner Cathy Miller, who declined the lesbian couple’s request on account of her own staunch opposition to homosexuality. Subsequently, the couple filed a complaint with California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing, according to LifeSite News. They argued that the state’s Unruh Civil Rights Act should forbid businesses from refusing to provide services on the basis of sexual orientation (among other grounds).
But Miller’s objection was distinctly religious, and therefore was protected by the First Amendment.
“Everyone is God’s creation and I love everyone,” Miller has previously explained, according to My San Antonio. “But there are certain things that violate my conscience, and my conscience will not allow me to participate in things that I feel are wrong. Most of what that’s based on is Scripture”…
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