The decision in Fulton vs. the City of Philadelphia insures the city government of Philadelphia has no authority nor recourse against the Catholic adoption agency of Philadelphia for their refusal to permit LGBTQ person's from singing up to be foster or adoptive parents.
It is a victory for all religious social services that provide adoption or foster care services in Pennsylvania.
Further, this decision in the Philadelphia case sets a precedent. This means other religious social services agencies in America may also refuse LGBTQ person's applications to adopt or foster .
However, because America's federal and state governments are secular, the decision in the Philadelphia case cannot extend to give those same rights to bar LGBTQ person's adopting or fostering children who are in non-religious, secular,state, social service agencies. Nor can private agencies discriminate in that way because though private, when licensed by the state they are then in commerce with the state. And this means they are not able to discriminate .