A complaint by a Northern Ireland gay rights activist that he had been discriminated against when the Christian owners of a bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slogan "Support Gay Marriage" has been ruled inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights .
Mr Lee then referred the case to the ECHR, claiming the Supreme Court had failed to give appropriate weight to him under the European Convention of Human Rights. Mr Lee then launched the legal case, supported by Northern Ireland's Equality Commission, alleging discrimination on the grounds of his sexuality, and won hearings at the county court and the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal in 2015 and 2016.
"It was disappointing to see another attempt to undermine those rights, so it is a relief that the attempt has failed.
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