A victory for LGBT fascists in Northern Ireland.

Via Daily Mail:

A Christian-owned family bakery which refused to make a cake bearing a pro-gay marriage slogan has been found guilty of discrimination after a landmark legal action.

Belfast-based Ashers Baking Company refused to make a cake for gay rights activist Gareth Lee, which featured an image of Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie below the motto ‘Support Gay Marriage’.

The Northern Ireland Equality Commission took the bakery to court on behalf of Mr Lee and the judge today found the company guilty of ‘direct discrimination’.

Giving her ruling at Belfast County Court, district judge Isobel Brownlie said: ‘The defendants have unlawfully discriminated against the plaintiff on grounds of sexual discrimination.

‘This is direct discrimination for which there can be no justification.’

She ordered the bakery to pay agreed damages of £500 plus court costs.

Mr Lee, a member of the LGBT advocacy group Queer Space, had wanted a cake featuring Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie with the slogan ‘Support Gay Marriage’ for a private function marking International Anti-Homophobia Day.

He paid in full when he placed the order at Ashers’ Belfast branch but said he was left stunned two days later, when the company phoned to say it could not be processed.