Conservative Christians aren't the only ones asking for accommodation in mailman case
Gerald Groff, a former postal worker whose case will be argued before the Supreme Court, stands during a television interview near a "Now Hiring" sign posted at the United States Postal Service on March 8 in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Supreme Court justices heard a case on that may sound like another slam-dunk for Christian religious liberty that will bolster its reputation as a friend to the religious right.
In Groff v. DeJoy, a Christian mail carrier, Gerald Groff, said the US Postal Service’s requirement that he work on Sunday violated his deeply held belief that Sunday was his day of rest. (US mail is not usually delivered Sundays, but in 2013, the USPS signed a contract with Amazon to deliver the company’s packages, including on Sundays.)
Over the past decade, the US Supreme Court has sided with a football coach in Washington state who sued after being suspended from his public high school for refusing to stop leading Christian prayers with players on the field after games.
