A British-based barrister has warned that the Ashers Bakery discrimination judgement risks the restriction of freedom of conscience and speech for all. Writing on the UK Human Rights Blog, Alasdair Henderson states: “Discrimination law is supposed to be about protecting people, not ideas or words”. He added that the reasoning of the Court of Appeal could have repercussions beyond Ashers, including driving people “with any deeply-held beliefs out of all kinds of businesses…There must be a better way of balancing competing rights in a diverse, plural society”, he concluded.