You can't have your cake

Today, Explained

• Episode: You can't have your cake
• Website: Today, Explained
• Feed URL: https://rss.art19.com/today-explained
• Duration: 00:18:57
• Published: 2018-06-04 23:03

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