It’s too bad we can’t post the entire article for the Catholic Register.
**[Update: A legal source just contacted me to corract part of McGurn’s argument.
“McGurn is not quite right: these protections weren’t built in to the decision; they had to be passed by Congress and legislatures,” she told me. This lawyer also noted that “Christian lawyer googlegroups post-Obergefell talking about what this all means, including one discussion about the semantic and practical differences between ‘conscience’ protection vs. ‘protecting religious freedom’ vs. the focus-grouped phrase ‘freedom to believe.’ I pointed out that ‘freedom to believe’ scores highest with focus groups precisely because it avoids the issue, which is freedom to act or not act. The opposite of ‘freedom to believe’ is thought crimes. But expect to hear a lot about ‘free to believe’ in the upcoming days,’] weeks, and months.]**
The German root "Obergefallen", in English, means "super fallen one": a strange harbinger of outcome.