article_snippet: May. Mr Lee was left 'shocked' and in 'disbelief' when Bakery owner Karen McArthur rang
article_snippet: District judge Isobel Brownlie heard that the Private Members' work in the business, which makes and delivers cakes across the UK and Ireland.
article_snippet: Bakery owner Karen McArthur and Bakery owner Karen McArthur husband Colin, who belong to Dunseverick Baptist Church, are the only shareholders with voting rights on how the company is run.
article_snippet: Under cross-examination from Robin Allen QC, Bakery owner Karen McArthur told Belfast's County Court Bakery owner Karen McArthur had been a born-again Christian since the age of seven and 'sought to please God' in how Bakery owner Karen McArthur led Bakery owner Karen McArthur life.
article_snippet: Bakery owner Karen McArthur claimed Bakery owner Karen McArthur only took the order from Mr Lee in order to avoid a confrontation. '
article_snippet: I did not want to embarrass him or have a confrontation in the bakery,' Bakery owner Karen McArthur told Belfast's County Court.
article_snippet: Robin Allen QC, representing Mr Lee told Belfast's County Court that Mr Lee had used the bakery in Royal Avenue in Belfast city centre 'regularly' before the incident.
article_snippet: Mr Allen said that, over the next few days, Mrs McArthur expressed concern about the requested cake design with Mrs McArthur daughter-in-law, Amy, and the matter was then discussed with Mrs McArthur son, Daniel.
article_snippet: Although Co-owner Colin McArthur had not provided a witness statement for the proceedings, Co-owner Colin McArthur described how Co-owner Colin McArthur had agonised over the moral dilemma but a family decision was made to refuse to make the cake.
highlights_snippet: Karen McArthur told court Karen McArthur 'knew in Karen McArthur heart' Karen McArthur couldn't bake cake .
  