In place of focusing on the involvement of the Mormon Church in a lawsuit, the Utah Hospitality Association is asking the courts to overturn some Utah liquor laws because they restrain their trade.

The UHA brought suit against the state and the LDS Church saying it had illegally influenced lawmakers to pass an extremely restrictive liquor law during the 2011 general legislative session. However, U.S. District Judge Bruce Jenkins ruled last month that because the law did not restrict or influence religious practices, it was within the Church’s right to weigh-in on the law. He called the current liquor laws “religiously neutral, which don’t advance or inhibit a particular religion.”

LDS Church officials did not deny playing a part in the passage of the laws, but argued instead that it was not required to stay out of the lawmaking process.