Sweden: Christian Bakery Reported After Declining To do a Homosexual Wedding Cake

Case information
Incident date
Country
Sweden
Place
Stockholm
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Morals
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Political
  • Radical Left
Societal Sphere
  • Workplace
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Contractual Freedom
  • Freedom of Conscience
Place of Incident
  • Business
Bias Indicators
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown

At the end of July, it was communicated that a Swedish bakery has been reported to the Discrimination Ombudsman after they declined to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. The Christian bakers believe that the person who ordered the cake already knew their religious beliefs and intentionally generated this case.

The bakery owners commented the following: "We have many LGBTQ customers who order cakes and bread from us. But when it comes to wedding cakes, it becomes very special, because we believe it is a symbol of a holy sacrament. We don't want to compromise our faith."

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