Gerald Groff https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:04:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Gerald Groff https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Yes, The Culture War is Real, And Democrats Started It https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/07/yes-the-culture-war-is-real-and-democrats-started-it/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:00:34 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=24115 Written by Robert Knight

Did you know that debating issues in Congress is part of the culture war and is bad for democracy?

That’s what The Washington Post (motto: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”) implied in its front-page story after the Republican-led House approved the National Defense Authorization Act in a 219-210 party-line vote.

The bill authorizes an $886 billion defense budget and rolls back some of the Democrats’ schemes aimed at turning America into a Marxist version of Sodom and Gomorrah.… Continue Reading

]]> 24115 A Postman “Carries the Mail” for Religious Liberty: Groff v. LeJoy https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/04/a-postman-carries-the-mail-for-religious-liberty-groff-v-lejoy/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:00:40 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=23456 Written by Dr. John A. Sparks

In January 2019, Gerald Groff left the Holtwood Post Office in the small rural community of Holtwood, Pennsylvania, located in Lancaster County. When he left, he figured it was likely for good. He resigned his mail carrier position there because he knew that he was inching closer and closer to being fired. He had already endured various steps of the Post Office’s progressive discipline. What drove him to leave the USPS was its failure to accommodate his sincerely held religious convictions.… Continue Reading

]]> 23456 SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Religious Freedom Case Involving Postal Worker https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/01/scotus-agrees-to-hear-religious-freedom-case-involving-postal-worker/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:00:31 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=22911 Written by Jorge Gomez

Big news: The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear our case involving former postal worker Gerald Groff, who was wrongly forced out of his job because of his religious beliefs.

Along with First Liberty, he is represented by Baker Botts LLP, the Church State Council and the Independence Law Center.

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is not required to grant a religious accommodation for an employee to observe the Sunday Sabbath.… Continue Reading

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