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Quite.Yes, it makes imminent sense, I was never happy of the original ruling. The implications were dubious to say the least. Those critical of the original ruling have argued that it could force a Muslim baker to bake a cake with an offensive image of Prophet Mohammed.
I think where it went pear-shaped was that a shop assistant took the order and the customer's money and only a day later did the management say sorry we don't want to do this, here is your money back.I think if the baker had been more sympathetic from the start he could have refused with no trouble.
But maybe I'm wrong. It's just the way customer complaints usually are born - not out of the mistake but out of lack of sympathy.
For some reason modern customers believe they deserve special sympathy when their needs aren't met.
I think where it went pear-shaped was that a shop assistant took the order and the customer's money and only a day later did the management say sorry we don't want to do this, here is your money back.
I have to say though I do wonder if this wasn't a stunt on the part of the gay man, to test the law. Having a cake baked with the political logo "Support gay marriage" written on it in icing sugar is not exactly a normal thing to do.
I have to say though I do wonder if this wasn't a stunt on the part of the gay man, to test the law. Having a cake baked with the political logo "Support gay marriage" written on it in icing sugar is not exactly a normal thing to do.
Ah but the acton has been pursued not by him but by the Equalities Commission. So it will be us taxpayers that will pay £500k for this aspect of law to be clarified. Good value?It has been an astonishingly expensive stunt for him even if he only has to pay his own costs.
I do not know if costs have been assigned by th court yet. But if thay all land on the Gay mans plate, that will be horrendous for him.
Ah but the acton has been pursued not by him but by the Equalities Commission. So it will be us taxpayers that will pay £500k for this aspect of law to be clarified. Good value?
Ha. I had exactly the same thought. And it was a unanimous opinion, too. But that's why we have the Law Lords, (sorry Tony Blair's grovelling copy of the US) "Supreme Court", I suppose.What bothers me is that it had to go all the way to the supreme court till the logic of the case was recognised. What was the problem with the two lower courts that they could not see it.
The supreme court might be dry as dust, but they are fair dispasionate and free from political pressures.
Changed name and location but same people.... and unlike the American system is non political.Ha. I had exactly the same thought. And it was a unanimous opinion, too. But that's why we have the Law Lords, (sorry Tony Blair's grovelling copy of the US) "Supreme Court", I suppose.
Those critical of the original ruling have argued that it could force a Muslim baker to bake a cake with an offensive image of Prophet Mohammed.
Well an activist would not get away with it after yesterday's court ruling.I would like to see an activist try that and get away with it.
This is a form of easy cynicism I disagree with, much though I like bacon sandwiches.Only the lawyers win.
They design the laws & the system so that everything is complicated, lengthy, & spendy.