In the epilogue of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” now being revived on Broadway, a defiant HIV survivor declares:  “We will be citizens.” That was a hopeful, even visionary avowal for the LGBTQ community in 1993. We have traveled far towards its vindication over the last quarter century, but last week’s Supreme Court decision in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case was a reminder that we still have a way to go.

On the plus side, Justice Kennedy’s decision for the Court spoke broadly of respecting LGBTQ rights and garnered seven votes for a general reaffirmation of the principle that private religious views do not give license to violate neutral public accommodation laws—an aspect of the decision that has led some commentators to declare it an LGBTQ victory.

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