What Warkworth locals think of the baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.

An Auckland baker has copped abuse for refusing to create a cake for a same-sex couple's wedding, but some have come out in support.

The story of Kath, the cake maker from Kath's Devine Cakes in Warkworth, has made national and international news after lesbian couple Moe Barr and Sasha Patrick shared an email stating she didn't believe same-sex marriage was "correct", so refused to make their cake.

However, Warkworth resident Penny Fraser said she agreed with Kath's right to exercise her beliefs.

"I know it's been upheld in the United States, so I'd be behind her on that one - for her conscience's sake.

Supplied Moe Barr, left, and Sasha Patrick had their request for a cake for their wedding refused by a Warkworth baker.

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"It's not the only cake maker in Warkworth, and I wonder about the motivation of the people who are requiring her to perform what's really artistry for them," Fraser said.

"A wedding cake is a piece of your heart to someone else, and if it's not in her heart to do that honourably, why would they want they want her to do that, I wonder."

Resident Marin Ivancevich said both parties could potentially be in the wrong, however thought the caker should have taken another approach.

"I believe everyone's entitled to their beliefs, but in this day and age she shouldn't make it public or point it in people's faces, and she could have gone about it a different way."

Supplied An example of a cake from Kath's Devine Cakes website. Her Facebook page has been taken down.

Resident Mirjana Arlov described the refusal as "an old-fashioned way of thinking".

"We are going back into the Middle Ages," she said.

The Facebook page for Kath's Devine Cakes has been taken down, and the baker has not responded to Stuff's request for comment.

In her email to the couple, Kath stated she did not wish to offend them, but could not go past what she believed.

"Even though as individuals you are both fabulous and amazing people, I must follow the integrity of my heart and beliefs.

Amy Baker Resident Penny Fraser backed the caker, and said she agreed with her right to exercise her beliefs.

"Our government has legalised same sex marriages, but it is not my belief that it is correct, therefore I will not support it and cannot make your wedding cake for you."

Barr and Patrick are currently living in Brisbane, however as same-sex marriage was not yet legalised in Australia when they got engaged last year, they planned their wedding in New Zealand for next January.

In June, the US Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding back in 2012, although justices avoided a wider ruling on religious exemptions for businesses.