The reason many conservatives opposed the Civil Rights Act is that it gave up, apparently forever, a fundamental freedom - freedom of association. And now many states have added homosexuality to the list of protected people, without making any attempt to resolve the conflict between the freedom to be a homosexual and the freedom to be a Muslim or Baptist...but the courts are making it clear:
In modern America, you have NO RIGHT TO PRACTICE YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN PUBLIC!
This refusal by the SCOTUS is simply a middle finger salute to the First Amendment. And apparently, we don’t even have 4 members on the Supreme Court who will honor the First Amendment, or admit that religious freedom trumps the right to be a public homosexual.
Nothing in the Constitution or amendment affords protection to sexual preference. Some STATES may have language to grant that but the US Constitution has not been so amended.
And as I stated earlier (possibly on another thread), at least one of these cases was brought in a state that itself did not recognize same sex marriage.
So much for “standing” being a basic requirement.
The gods in black dresses have shrugged their acceptance of this.
Now, try to think of a politically feasible way to undo the VRA.