The ADF is quite clear about its goals: to knock down the church-state wall, reverse LGBTQ rights, redefine religious freedom as a tool to take away the rights of others and merge its version of fundamentalist Christianity with public policy. If ADF has its way, we’ll all live under the reign of neo-Puritans.

A case from Colorado centering on a bakery whose owner cited his conservative religious beliefs in refusing to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples was one of the most closely watched of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recently concluded term. But if observers were expecting fireworks from the decision, they were disappointed.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop opinion already is having an immediate and wide-ranging impact. The Arizona Court of Appeals cited the Masterpiece opinion when it ruled against Brush & Nib Studio, one of several businesses around the country that, like Masterpiece, is trying to use religious beliefs to justify discrimination.