The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is a bit of an odd duck: The court repeatedly reaffirmed our nation’s commitment to combating discrimination against LGBTQ people in businesses open to the public. Yet the court holds in favor of a bakery that refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding.

“While today’s decision isn’t what we had hoped for, the good news is that it’s very limited in its scope,” said Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United. “It does not change the long-standing rule that businesses open to the public must be open to all."

Unwilling to accept the advances in LGBTQ rights, Religious Right extremists are asking state legisla­tures, Congress and the courts for a trump card to undermine social progress. They want to use their religious beliefs to deny health care, refuse to provide services and ignore laws protecting Americans from discrimination and abuse.