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A California court handed a legal victory to a baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, citing her Christian beliefs.
Lawyers for baker Cathy Miller applauded the ruling made by Judge Eric Bradshaw of the Superior Court of California in Kern County, calling it a “First Amendment victory.”
“We applaud the court for this decision,” Thomas More Society special counsel Charles LiMandri said in a statement. “The freedom to practice one’s religion is enshrined in the First Amendment, and the United States Supreme Court has long upheld the freedom of artistic expression.”
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Bradshaw’s ruling settled the lawsuit brought by California’s Department of Fair Housing and Employment after Miller declined to make a specially designed cake for the lesbian couple and referred them to another baker in 2017.
“Miller’s polite refusal to design a custom cake for a homosexual union was rooted in her sincere religious belief that marriage is intended to be between one man and one woman,” the Thomas More Society noted.
The lawsuit was filed under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, a 1959 law designed to protect against businesses’ discrimination of customers based on race, ethnicity, or religion.
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Thomas More Society special counsel Paul Jonna added that there was “a certain irony [in] that a law intended to protect individuals from religious discrimination was used to discriminate against Cathy for her religious beliefs.”
