A Kern County baker violated California law when she refused to sell a cake to a lesbian couple for their wedding, a state appeals court ruled this week in a suit brought by the state’s Civil Rights Department.

A state appeal court ruled February 12 that a Bakersfield bakery didn’t have the right not to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple.

A Bakersfield, Calif., business’s refusal to sell a same-sex couple a pre-made, plain white wedding cake was discriminatory, a California appeals court ruled.

Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery off Rosedale Highway, told 17 News it’s business as usual, despite the years-long legal battle.

An appellate court has sided against Bakersfield’s Tastries Bakery in the lawsuit it faces for refusing to sell a cake to a lesbian couple.