While marriage equality has been extended to lesbian and gay couples across the county, many states have enacted accommodations for entities and individuals who oppose these marriages on religious grounds. This panel will discuss the challenges that face the LGBT community post-marriage equality. First, the panel will address the need for the Supreme Court to clarify equal protection analysis for sexual orientation classifications. The panel will then explore how the marriage equality decisions, while representing important legal and social gains, fall short of guaranteeing the formal equality mandated by traditional anti-discrimination laws. Finally, the panel will discuss how accommodations made to non-profit actors create constitutional concerns when these accommodations shift the costs from religious actors onto same-sex couples or allow for-profit entities and government employees to refuse to abide by anti-discrimination obligations on First Amendment religious grounds.
Business meeting at program conclusion.