'Scary': Christian Baker in Gay Wedding Case Faced Hate Mail, Death Threats, Chaos on Path …

A California baker is elated over her religious freedom win after a judge ruled she was within her rights to deny baking a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Listen to CBN News’ morning podcast, Quick Start: ​​Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery in Bakersfield, California, made headlines this week, when she won her battle against the California Department of Fair Housing and Employment, which sued Miller over what it saw as intentional discrimination. The state unsuccessfully argued the baker had violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act, a California law protecting people from discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion, and other factors at businesses. Charles LiMandri, special counsel at the Thomas More Society, the law firm representing Miller, told CBN’s Faithwire his client isn’t biased against gay individuals — something the court ultimately concluded. “She’s happy to serve gay customers,” LiMandri said. “She has a lot of happy gay customers. And she’s also had gay employees, so she certainly doesn’t discriminate against gay people.” He continued, “The judge basically found there was no discrimination that was unlawful under the Unruh Act, because there was no invidious motivation or animus towards gay people.” Miller also shared how the five-year…
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