Some legal observers viewed the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia as a "significant" victory for LGBTQs while others saw it as another sign of "death by a thousand cuts" for queer equal rights.
Others debated whether it was an "important win for religious liberty" or a "failure." Reaction to the court's June 17 decision — allowing a Roman Catholic foster care agency to refuse to obey a city non-discrimination ordinance — elicited an unusually wide range of often-contradictory assessments.
One LGBTQ legal activist called it a "significant victory for LGBTQ people;" another called it "troubling." One conservative commentator called it a "resounding victory for religious freedom," while another lamented