Cop out by the SUPREME COURT, which started this mess in the first place.
RE: how to balance LGBTQ rights with religious freedom protections
The constitution does not mention LGBTQ rights. But religious freedom is IN the BILL OF RIGHTS. It is the *FIRST* AMENDMENT for a good reason -— this is exactly the right the constitution was designed to protect. It was foremost in the framers minds.
Why the SCOTUS cannot even make a simple decision which should be a no brainer is frustrating to say the least.
Quite right! Probably most times governments pretend things to be true that aren't true, big problems arise. A few that I can think of off-hand are: the Salem witch hunts; legalized slavery; the holocaust; abortion; and now pretending that homosexuality is normal.
In the long run none of this pretending has/will pass the test of time. In the meantime, millions of people are suffering.
And plenty more as well. It doesn't seem to matter that we supposedly control judicial appointments. They find it impossible to say that their predecessors made stupid and evil decisions.