On 2 May, Daniel and Amy McArthur faced the cameras massed outside court for the third time in four years.
The Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, had come over to Belfast for the first time ever to hear their appeal. The County Court and Appeal Court had both ruled it was wrong of Ashers Baking Co. to refuse an order for a cake promoting gay marriage.
The issue at stake is massive. Should the state compel someone to endorse a message with which they fundamentally disagree?
