Driven by hyper-partisanship or in some cases simple detachment from reality, Christian nationalists persist in downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic even as infections, hospitalizations and deaths shoot upward.

Despite being nowhere near a majority, vaccine-denying Christian nationalists have managed to spawn all manner of chaos during the pandemic.

In light of the resurgence of the virus, this would be exactly the wrong time for the justices to extend preferential treatment to religious groups by allowing them to ignore bans on large gatherings.