A Co Dublin bakery that refused to bake an “anti gay-marriage” themed cake has been found not guilty of discrimination. The €700 order included a decorative statement of religious belief that included the phrase, “’gay marriage’ is a perversion of equality”. The bakery, however, refused the order on the grounds that they were extremely busy rather than that they disagreed with the message. They suggested that they could bake the cake, but that the specially-designed edible topping might be done elsewhere. The man claimed that the bakery had no intention of making a cake with the message he wanted and this amounted to unfair treatment and discrimination on religious grounds. In his ruling, adjudication officer Ian Barrett said prima facie evidence was not heard to prove the bakery refused the order on religious grounds and, accordingly, the complaint failed.
