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Judge rules for California baker over same-sex wedding cake

In this July 2022, photo attorney Charles LiMandri, left, speaks to co-counsel Paul Jonna during a review of pretrial motions in the Tastries Bakery case in Kern County Superior Court, in Bakersfield, Calif. A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs. (Eliza Green/The Bakersfield Californian via AP)

Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery in Bakersfield, Calif., speaks with The Californian in 2018. A California judge has ruled in favor of Miller a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs. (Henry A. Barrios/The Bakersfield Californian via AP)

Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rio listen closely during a hearing in 2018. A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for same-sex couple Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rio because it violated her Christian beliefs. The couple said they expect an appeal. (Henry A. Barrios/The Bakersfield Californian via AP, File)

Cathy Miller talks during an interview with The Californian in 2018, in Bakersfield, Calif. A California judge has ruled in favor of Miller a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs. (Henry A. Barrios/The Bakersfield Californian via AP)

Judge rules for California baker over same-sex wedding cake