A Christian baker from Bakersfield, California, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case challenging a state law that would force her to create wedding cakes for same-sex couples, according to reports, the second such case to reach the high court in recent years.

Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery, is challenging the Civil Rights Department of California, which she accuses of “persecution” for refusing to make a custom wedding cake for the same-sex wedding of Mireya and Eileen Rodriguez-Del Rio in 2017, The Washington Times reported.

Miller referred the women to another nearby baker. However, the Civil Rights Department sued Miller in 2018, accusing her of violating the Unruh Civil Rights Act, a state ban on discrimination in business, according to the report.

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