Local church representatives gather to support LGBTQ community ahead of Supreme Court hearing
Local Christian church leaders gathered in downtown Santa Ana on Sunday in support of the LGBTQ Orange County community as a case surrounding a wedding cake heads to the United States Supreme Court.
The court is set to hear arguments in a case that made headlines after a gay couple entered a cake shop in a Denver suburb in 2012 and were told the bakery would not fulfill an order for a same-sex wedding.
About 50 people and nine members of clergy participated in “Let Justice Eat Cake,” an event O.C. faith community leaders organized to show solidarity as case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission will be heard beginning Tuesday.
The Rev. Sarah Halverson-Cano, who serves Fairview Community Church in Costa Mesa, said there were prayers, chants and songs during the event — one being a version of “What a Wonderful World” with reworded lyrics by former Irvine councilwoman Beth Krom.
Participants in “Let Justice Eat Cake” included leaders from Progressive Christians Uniting and member churches: Church of the Foothills (Santa Ana), Irvine United Congregational Church, St. Mark Presbyterian Church (Newport Beach), Fairview Community Church (Costa Mesa), University United Methodist Church (Irvine), First Christian Church (Fullerton), First Christian Orange.
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