Yeshiva University, a Modern Orthodox Jewish college located in New York, must recognize an LGBTQ student group organized on campus, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision, Reuters reports.

The university claimed that recognizing the student group would be a violation of its religious rights, and their sect does not condone LGBTQ relationships, considering it against their teachings.  Recognizing the group, the university argued, would be a tacit endorsement of the members’ sexuality.

Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett dissented from the majority, with Alito claiming the mere fact that the university may be legally directed to recognize LGBTQ people or the groups they belong to, violates the university’s religious freedom.

In a dissent on Wednesday, Alito wrote, “The First Amendment guarantees the right to the free exercise of religion, and if that provision means anything, it prohibits a state from enforcing its own preferred interpretation of Holy Scripture. Yet that is exactly what New York has done in this case, and it is disappointing that a majority of this court refuses to provide relief.”

The majority, however, sided with lower courts which found that Yeshiva University is an educational enterprise, not a religious organization, and therefore must follow the New York human rights guidelines about protected classes of people.