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Originally Posted by jonbxx
How about Northern Irish bakeries?
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In case you forgot (though I suspect you haven’t), Ashers never refused service, they simply refused to reproduce a specific campaigning slogan that did not align with their company’s values. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where Ashers won.
It is now established case law in the UK that nobody can be forced to promote a message they fundamentally disagree with. That case law cannot be overturned by any British court, given that it’s the decision of the highest court in the land. Only Parliament could change it, by writing legislation that would amount to compelling speech - a hopelessly illiberal idea that is vastly, vastly unlikely ever to occur.
None of which is in any way relevant to a bank closing someone’s account because they don’t like their politics.