Posted on 04/15/2023 6:29:11 PM PDT by marshmallow
Washington D.C., Apr 12, 2023 / 14:30 pm The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday, April 18, in Groff v. Dejoy, a case involving a Christian former postal worker that has major implications for religious liberty rights in the U.S.
What is the case about?
In 2019, Gerald Groff resigned from his position with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) after years of allegedly being harassed, targeted, and disciplined for refusing to work Sundays so that he could abide by the Third Commandment, to “keep holy the sabbath day.”
Groff then sued USPS for violating his religious rights. After his claims were denied by both a Pennsylvania district court and the 3rd Circuit Court, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) agreed to take up his appeal on Jan. 13. He is being represented by the First Liberty Institute.
In question in Groff v. Dejoy is what religious rights workers have in their workplace and what types of accommodations employers must make for religious employees.
Who is Gerald Groff?
Groff is an evangelical Christian missionary and a former Pennsylvania mailman. In a Tuesday interview with First Liberty Institute, Groff explained that he has a deeply held religious conviction that the sabbath is “not just about going to church, it’s about obeying the Lord and putting the entire day aside to honor and glorify him.”
Having gone on multiple mission trips to Africa and Asia, Groff took a position with the postal service in 2012 specifically because at that time USPS was closed on Sundays.
In an August 2022 interview, Groff explained: “I’m passionate about people hearing the word of God, I’m passionate about living out my faith … and allowing the Lord to use me to glorify himself.”
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As a private company we were told that if we agreed to any religious accommodation we had to stick to it.
We had Jewish, Seventh Day Adventist and Christian Reform and we accommodated them all because we were (usually) honorable people.
Apparently this kind of concept is foreign to the government.
If it about a muzzie, no contest.
God told me I only had to work on Tuesdays, an from 10 to 2.
I truly hope he wins his case.
I worked at the post office a few years before retiring. It wasn’t hard to get people to do over time on a Sunday since it was double time pay.
Now if only he was a Muslim….
Bible and Constitution favor Mr. Groff.
The unfavorables:
- communists
- district attorneys (Australia, Canada, UK)
- judges
- “news media”
- police (Australia, Canada, UK)
- politicians
- progressives
- socialists
I am not sure he has a case. You can keep holy the lords day by saying prayers while driving around giving out mail, listen to Christian music. Are doctors going to hell because they have to work? It’s a ridiculous suit that will bd a huge problem for businesses all over the country.
Really shouldn’t mock God.
There is no upside.
You do not get to decide what someone's personal religious practices are thank God.
You do not get to decide how he honors God.
You get to keep your nose out of it.
Someone from the USPS is going to have to explain why post offices are closed on Sundays.
Also, there is no downside.
He knew the work schedule. If he had a problem, then he needs to find a job that suits his availability.
I seem to remember a case where a Muslim filed about the same suit and won.
Groff explained that he has a deeply held religious conviction that the sabbath is “not just about going to church, it’s about obeying the Lord and putting the entire day aside to honor and glorify him.”
Things have changed in the post offices where I know employees. Working on Sundays was optional for many years. Now, they’re required to work on Sundays. My guess is this former postal worker is just the right guy to challenge that policy.
The USPS does not deliver mail on Sunday. And that's the day they wanted him to probably sort mail.
And I know plenty of Dr's that don't work on Sundays. If it's emergent patients go to the nearest ER.
You have no flipping idea what you are talking about.....
Did you read the post?”
"God or Your Job? Supreme Court to Hear Case of Postal Worker Who Refused to Work Sundays"
The Constitution recognizes Sunday as a Sabbath day of rest. This is evidenced by the president not having to return a bill by the 10th day after he received it to veto it if the 10th day is a Sunday.
"Article I, Section 7, Clause 2: Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted [emphasis added]) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law."
So there is a constitutional argument to be made for not firing a federal employee for not wanting to work on Sunday imo.
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