It is horrible news. It provides the trial lawyers one more reason to attack small and family-owned businesses.
Statutes mean what their words say they mean. Gays have been with mankind since the beginning — it is nothing new. If those who wrote, voted for and ultimately signed the Civil Rights Act intended to provide protections for gays, they would have said so. They did not. The role of the Supreme Court should not be to re-write statutes to fit current societal preferences. That is the job of Congress. This is judicial dictatorship.
You left out churches. Part of 501c3 is compliance with all labor laws. If you can't discriminate based on behaviors that go against the religious beliefs of a church, you can be sued for your religious beliefs.
This is actually one reason I see this as good news. It further pushes us to the day of reckoning.
The constitution and bill of rights only protect us from government and public place discrimination. Private businesses and people on their own property have the constitutional right to discriminate for any reason whatsoever. That’s right. I believe the constitution protects our right to discriminate for whatever reason. It only ties the government’s hands.
At least that is how it works in my fantasy world. People don’t realize how much we are like the old Soviet Union. But instead of “disappearing” you to a gulag, they simply strip you of your ability to support yourself in any meaningful way.
At least people’s eyes are becoming more and more opened as to who our government really is. This is why this is a good thing.