Don’t fall for the “cover” issue.
If it wasn’t this, it would be something else.
This is merely the issue that they’ve found Christians to be resistant on,
and they will criminalize that resistance.
The goal being to criminalize Christianity.
There were discussion in congress when the laws passed that it would only apply to core public accommodations such as food, housing, transportation, etc.
The only religious acts that have been banned are ones that are harmful to others such as the misuse of drugs, animal sacrifice, etc. One baker refusing to bake a wedding cake does not constitute a harmful act nor is it the denial of a core public accommodation.
Even the current focus on Christians is a cover issue. The goal is to suppress any and all dissent, criminalizing it wherever possible, as a means to exercise power and establish control.
The Christians are just the next nail that gets to be hammered down.