U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently expressed concern about the decision by Missouri’s state courts to exclude Christians from serving on a particular jury because of their “traditional religious views on questions of sexual morality.”
The case at issue involves a woman who identifies as a lesbian suing the Missouri Department of Corrections for job discrimination. And Alito is right to be concerned.
Although the judge found that the three potential jurors holding traditional Christian views about sex and human sexuality “were very clear in that they could be absolutely fair and impartial” in deciding the woman’s legal claims, the judge nonetheless struck all three from the jury pool “to err on the side of caution.”
Ponder that chilling decision: A judge disqualified three people from doing their civic duty simply because they believe in God’s…
