Discrimination – Sexual orientation – Less favourable treatment – Plaintiff homosexual ordering cake from defendant bakery to include slogan ‘Support Gay Marriage’ – Defendant company directors initially accepting but subsequently telephoning to refuse to fulfil order, offering a refund and explaining that bakery was Christian business and order should not have been taken – Whether refusal amounting to direct or indirect discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, if so whether relevant provisions could be read down to take account of defendant directors’ rights to manifest religious belief – Whether defendants having right not to be compelled to express or commit them to a viewpoint – Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt 1, arts 8, 9, 10, 14, 17 – Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 – Fair Employment and Treatment Order 1998

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Lee 诉 Ashers Baking Co Ltd & Ors

歧视 – 性取向 – 较不优惠的待遇 – 原告同性恋者从被告面包店订购蛋糕，其中包括“支持同性恋婚姻”的口号 – 被告公司董事最初接受但随后致电拒绝履行订单，提供退款并解释说面包店是基督教企业，并且不应该采取命令 – 拒绝是否构成基于性取向的直接或间接歧视，如果是，是否可以阅读相关规定以考虑被告董事表达宗教信仰的权利 – 被告是否有权不被迫表达或承诺他们的观点 – 1998 年人权法，Sch 1，Pt 1，第 8、9、10、14 条，17 – 2006 年平等法案（性取向）条例（北爱尔兰） – 1998 年公平就业和待遇令