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of the 6th of january riot at 2100 gmt, later on thursday, here on bbc news. the european court of human rights has dismissed a legal challenge in a long running dispute with a gay rights activist in northern ireland. the court ruled that action brought by gareth lee, who claims that he was discriminated against back in 2014 when the christian owners of a belfast bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slogan support gay marriage was inadmissible. our ireland correspondent chris page gave us the background into the case. never before, you could say, has a cake been so controversial. this started in 2014, when gareth lee, a gay rights activist, walked into a branch of ashers baking company in belfast city centre and placed an orderfor a cake bearing the slogan support gay marriage . at the time, same sex couples were not able to get married in northern ireland. the law finally changed in 2020.
gay marriage was legalised then. but eight years ago, it was a major political debate going on. there was a big campaign going on, so mr lee wanted the slogan endorsing that campaign. however, he got a phone call from the bakery owners saying that they were not going to bake the cake because they thought the message on it was at odds with their christian beliefs. mr lee took legal action. he was supported by the northern ireland equality watchdog in doing so. he alleged he had been discriminated against on the grounds of his sexuality. he won his case at the high court here in belfast and then at the northern ireland court of appeal. but then it went to the uk supreme court and it overturned the previous verdicts. judges in london ruled in favour of the bakers, saying their objection to making the cake was on the basis of the political message that they disagreed with, and not mr lee s sexuality. mr lee then took the case further
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he took legal action against the bakery with the support of northern ireland s equality watchdog. mr lee won the first stages of his case. judges from the supreme court eventually came here to belfast to hear the arguments. they ruled in favour of the bakers, saying the company made the decision on the basis of the political message which was on the cake, not mr lee s sexual orientation. mr lee then went to the european court of human rights in strasbourg. today, it s dismissed the case because mr lee had previously relied on uk law only. the charity and lobby group which has supported the company says the verdict is the right one. whether you re a christian running a bakery or a gay man running a bakery or whoever you are, you can t be forced to help promote causes that you profoundly disagree with, and i think that s good news for everyone. in a statement gareth lee expressed his disappointment. he said, none of us should be expected to have to figure out