Colorado baker still fighting for religious freedom, right to refuse gay weddings
A Lakewood, Colorado, cake artist who declined to use his artistic talents to create a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex ceremony asked the state’s highest court Friday to take his case and rule that the government More...
ADF heads to court to defend Coloado baker who refuse to make gay wedding cake
Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco and ADF-allied attorney Nicolle Martin are speaking out following Tedesco’s oral argument before the Colorado Court of Appeals on behalf of a Lakewood, More...
Oregon bakers hit with $135K fine for refusing same-sex wedding order
A bakery in Gresham, Oregon, which refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple has been ordered by the state government to pay $135,000 in damages. Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries ruled on More...
Gay Bert and Ernie cake court case nears end
The Ashers Bakery case is expected to conclude tomorrow, with the decision to not make a pro-gay cake featuring Bert and Ernie, being a pivot point on gay rights versus the right of individual to exercise their More...
Texas Senate passes bill to protect pastors refusing gay weddings
The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would protect pastors from legal action if they refuse to officiate same-sex ceremonies. Sen. Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) presented S.B. 2065, entitled “Freedom of Religion More...
GoFundMe modifies policy statement after ejecting Christian business owners
GoFundMe, the crowdfunding site which pulled two Christian businesses from its site, has expanded its policy. The site recently took down the pages of Sweet Cakes by Melissa and Arlene’s Flowers after the two More...
‘Anti-gay bakers’ GoFundMe shut down
The fundraising website GoFundMe has shut down a donation page for Aaron and Melissa Klein, the former owners of the Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery in Gresham, Ore. The bakers fell victim to discrimination lawsuits, More...
Colorado religious freedom double standard revealed after ruling defends refusal of ‘anti-gay cake’
The battle over gay rights and religious freedom heated up Monday as conservatives and Christians pointed to a Colorado panel’s ruling in favor of three bakeries that refused to bake anti-gay cakes as evidence More...
Colorado cake maker, Jack Phillips, still fighting right to refuse ‘gay wedding’ cake
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys and allied attorneys filed a reply briefTuesday with the Colorado Court of Appeals on behalf a Lakewood, Colorado, cake artist who declined to use his artistic talents to create More...
Arkansas joins Indiana with ‘religious freedom’ bill, critics call for ‘inclusion’
Arkansas lawmakers approved a religious-freedom bill similar to the one recently passed in Indiana. The move Tuesday sparked critics claiming increased discrimination towards homosexuals as protests and backlash More...
Christian printing company refuses to make invitations for civil union
A ‘Bible-believing Christian’ company refuses to print a civil partnership order noting that they do not support same-sex marriage. Beulah Print and Design of Drogheda in Ireland refused the commission More...
Denver baker sued for refusing gay marriage cake shaped like a Bible
Alliance Defending Freedom expressed support Friday for a Denver bakery that reportedly declined to draw two males holding hands with an “X” over them and related words and symbols on a cake in the shape of More...
Gay bakers refuse ‘gay marriage is wrong’ cake
Theodore Shoebat, communications director for Rescue Christians, recently completed his experiment to determine if gay bakery owners would fill an order for a cake that featured the slogan “Gay Marriage is Wrong.” Shoebat More...
Christian baker facing prosecution over refusing gay Bert and Ernie cake
The Christian bakers in northern Ireland who made headlines for refusing to make a cake which depicted Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie with the slogal “Support Gay Marriage” are now facing prosecution More...
Gay activist use government as a weapon by crushing Oregon’s Sweet Cakes by Melissa
The lesson from Sweet Cakes by Melissa is that the gay activists have more power than the God given right to freedom of conscience. The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries told Aaron and Melissa Klein that they More...
Oregon files ballot initiative to protect businesses declining services to same-sex weddings
A Christian group has filed a ballot initiative to protect business who decline services for same-sex marriages or events due to their religious beliefs. photo Julyo based on work by Gilbert Baker, 1979 via wikimedia More...
Oregon’s attorney general targets baker because he refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple
The Oregon attorney general’s office is investigating a Portland-area bakery after a lesbian couple filed a complaint alleging that the owner discriminated against them when he declined to make a wedding cake More...
