article_snippet: Karen McArthur would not be processing the order Gareth Lee (pictured leaving court today) had already paid for. '
article_snippet: It made me feel I'm not worthy, a lesser person and to Gareth Lee (pictured leaving court today) that was wrong,' Gareth Lee (pictured leaving court today) said.
article_snippet: Mr Allen QC said Mr Allen QC was not in court to challenge the McArthur family's faith and highlighted that the proposed design would not have had an Ashers logo on the proposed design.
article_snippet: After that Mr Lee was informed that Mr Lee order would not be processed due to the family's religious views, said the lawyer.
article_snippet: Mr Allen said if companies were allowed to break contracts with individuals then 'the law is worth nothing'.
article_snippet: Mr Allen added: 'The rule of law says there shall be no discrimination in the commercial sphere.'
article_snippet: Mr Allen insisted that Ashers was not an 'explicitly religious' business and referred to an interview Mrs McArthur gave to a newspaper in which Mrs McArthur claimed the majority of Mrs McArthur 60-plus workforce were unaware of Mrs McArthur family's faith.
article_snippet: The Ashers case has prompted the Democratic Unionist Party to propose a law change at Stormont that would provide an 'equality clause' which would essentially enable businesses to refuse to provide certain services on religious grounds.
highlights_snippet: Lawyer for equality campaigners says religious refusal was unlawful .