Daniel Ramos, the new executive director of One Colorado, says the president-elect gives gay people a lot to worry about.

I’ll publish a lengthy profile with Ramos Sunday online and in print in the Colorado Springs Gazette. He talks about the rapidly changing mindset in the public and political arenas around rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer Americans. He also talks candidly about the agenda for the next year in Colorado.

Trump said on “60 Minutes” after the election he is “fine” with same-sex marriages, because it’s the law of the land. The Supreme Court made it so in 2015. If he’s allowed to appoint a staunchly conservative majority on the high court, however, those guarantees could erode quickly.

Even if a Trump administration doesn’t come head-on at gay rights, it  could have a major indirect impact on LGBTQ people by gutting the Affordable Care Act, which provided previously unavailable guarantees to gay and transgender people, Ramos said.

And with Republicans holding the House, Senate and the presidency,  that increases the chances of a federal religious exemption bill that would allow business owners to deny services to gay people based on religious beliefs.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence was the Republican governor of Indiana and helped pass its Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which allows religious exemptions.

It could be time for America to have that talk, Ramos said.

“That would be a great opportunity to talk about all the impacts of religious exemption bills. Indiana lost $60 million in conference revenue their first year. A bill was on the Georgia governor’s desk until the business impacts racked up to $2 billion, with the film industry threatening to leave, and we saw the consequences in North Carolina, where the governor was ousted in a state Trump won.

“We know it has lasting impacts, but while it presents new challenges, it presents new opportunities to build partnerships, to build strong coalitions to make sure we defeat any of those bad things that come through Congress,” Ramos said.

Remember to check back Sunday for more from the One Colorado leader on the GLBTQ agenda.