Christian Bakers Who Refused to Make Bert and Ernie Gay Marriage Cake Will Be Prosecuted

Carrie Dedrick | Updated: Nov 06, 2014

Christian Bakers Who Refused to Make Bert and Ernie Gay Marriage Cake Will Be Prosecuted

The Christian bakers who recently made headlines for refusing to make a cake featuring Bert and Ernie and the slogan, “Support Gay Marriage,” are reportedly facing prosecution. The Equality Commission has announced that it is pursuing legal action against Ashers Baking Company, which is owned by Colin and Karen McArthur and managed by their son Daniel. 

The Equality Commission send a letter to Ashers last week, saying that they believe the company acted unlawfully by denying to the request to make the cake and their clients will be “seeking only modest damages for the upset and inconvenience caused.” The letter continued that, “failing this, a civil bill will be issued.” 

Daniel McArthur said that his family feels attacked for their traditional marriage values. 

"It feels like a David and Goliath battle because on one hand we have the Equality Commission who are a public body, they're funded by taxpayers' money, they have massive resources at their disposal whereas we are a small family business and we have limited resources at our disposal.

"We're continuing to hold to the stand that we took originally because we believe it's biblical, we believe it's what God would want us to do, and we also think that if we do cave in to the Equality Commission at this point it'll put pressure on other citizens who are defending their view of traditional marriage.”

Publication date: November 6, 2014



Christian Bakers Who Refused to Make Bert and Ernie Gay Marriage Cake Will Be Prosecuted