Bakery facing legal action after refusing to make 'anti-gay' cakes

Azucar Bakery in Denver, Colorado is being accused of ‘religious discrimination’ for refusing to write an anti-gay message on a cake.

18:25 23 January 2015

A customer of Azucar Bakery in Denver, Colorado is accusing the bakery of “religious discrimination” after his request to write “anti-gay” messages on cake was rejected by the owner.

The customer, Bill Jack, wanted to adorn the cake with the words “God hates gays” and draw a picture of two men holding hands with a red cross above it.

Owner Marjorie Silva refused to decorate the cake, saying: ‘We never refuse service. We did feel that it was not right for us to write hateful words or pictures against human beings.’

However, she offered to make the cake and sell him some icing so he could decorate the cake himself.

Mr Jack wasn’t happy with the response and told a local news station he was being “discriminated against by the bakery based on my creed.”

Mr Jack is the head of the Worldview Academy, an organisation that exists to help people ‘think and live in accord with a Biblical worldview’.

He filed a complaint with the Department of Regulatory Agencies, which have now placed the bakery under investigation.

Meanwhile, Ms Silva has received praise and support from people around the world following the incident.