religious freedom

A woman leaves Ashers bakery in Belfast, Nothern Ireland, on March 26, 2015. Ashers will face a discrimination case from the Equality Commission after it refused to make a cake bearing a pro-gay marriage slogan.

Indiana meets Ireland as a Belfast bakery refuses to make a gay-friendly cake

Business

When Ashers Bakery Company refused to make a “pro-gay marriage” cake, it sparked a legal battle of the kind now familiar in the United States. Now a court has ruled in favor of the customer who brought the suit, but many people are unhappy with the ruling.

Demonstrators gather at a rally in Indianapolis on March 28, 2015 to protest a controversial religious freedom bill recently signed by Indiana Governor Mike Pence.

American groups back LGBT rights in Pakistan, but it’s a different story in Indiana

Belief