Supreme Court showdown over Sabbath could change workplaces across US
A former U.S. postal worker is asking the Supreme Court to require employers to be more accommodating of religiously observant workers LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- Rain or shine. Sleet or snow. Just not on the Sabbath. Former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Gerald Groff spent every day for seven years delivering the mail in a rural corner of southeast Pennsylvania -- except for Sundays when he would attend worship services and rest. But in 2019, the former Mennonite missionary and son of a truck driver said his boss forced him to choose between practicing his faith or a paycheck distributing packages, and he resigned. Gerald Groff of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, resigned as a Postal Service letter carrier in 2019 after his boss would not excuse him from Sunday shifts to observe the Sabbath. ABC News "I want to own what I believe and live that out for God," Groff told ABC News in an interview in his hometown of Lancaster County. Next week, Groff will ask the U.S. Supreme Cou...