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The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a religion case I was tracking, deciding not to weigh in on whether potential jurors can be eliminated from consideration based on their religious beliefs about sexuality and marriage. The battle was between the Missouri Department of Corrections and one of its employees, Jean Finney, who alleged that she had faced sex discrimination at work. During the jury selection process for the trial, Finney’s lawyer asked potential jurors if they believe homosexuality is a sin.

This marks yet another effort to undermine and eventually overturn the constitutional guarantee of marriage equality.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito renewed his criticism Tuesday of the high court’s landmark same-sex marriage ruling, addressing it in a five-page statement as part of an order explaining why the court declined to hear a case involving a Missouri lawsuit. The case in question, the Missouri Department of Corrections v. Jean Finney, involved a…

He said not letting homophobic jurors hear a case on anti-gay discrimination is actually anti-Christian bias.

The Supreme Court declined to consider whether potential jurors in an employment dispute involving a lesbian worker could be excluded because of their religious views on homosexuality.