A Pennsylvania state appeals court has turned back a Sikh man’s freedom-to-exercise-religion claim, writing that a protection order that bars him from attending the same temple as his ex-wife when she “is present on Sundays” fails to “rise to the level of placing a substantial burden” on his constitutional right.

The protection from abuse order levied by the civil division of the Court of Common Pleas against the man, Manjinder Singh, “did not place a substantial burden on appellant’s [Singh’s] ability to practice his religion, but rather restricted his access to the Nazareth Temple on a specific day and time to ensure” his ex-wife’s safety, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania said in the decision.