You can't have your cake

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🗓️ 4 June 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Today the Supreme Court issued a decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, or as it’s colloquially known, the “gay cake” case. The 7-2 ruling sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. Most experts say the justices failed to make any rulings on same-sex rights versus religious freedoms, and The New York Times Magazine’s Emily Bazelon says that’s just the top layer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Vanderplug.
0:01.0	Oh, that's me, your promise for him.
0:02.4	Guess who's back this week?
0:03.9	I don't know.
0:05.5	There's a couple of shoes from there's this and that and who would win.
0:08.1	Wait a minute, wait a minute, but I'm here in the studio.
0:11.6	You're here.
0:12.6	So I'll bet it's Zip Recruiter.
0:14.8	Ziprecruiter.com slash explain the smartest way to hire.
0:17.7	The smartest way to hire.
0:19.0	The smartest way to hire.
0:27.3	Emily Bazelon, writer for the New York Times magazine.
0:29.5	The Supreme Court issued a major decision today.
0:32.3	I would very much appreciate your help explaining it.
0:35.2	That's all I get.
0:36.4	I just have to jump in.
0:37.3	No, what was the case?
0:38.2	What was it called?
0:39.0	Tell us a story of this case because this
0:40.7	was one of the ones that got a ton of attention, right?
0:42.6	Yes.
0:43.2	It was decided seven to two.
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