Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian postal employee who wanted Sundays off

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : In response to the ruling, Karen Loewy, Senior Counsel and Director of Constitutional Law Practice at Lambda Legal, wrote, "It is gratifying that the Supreme Court today recognized that employers may consider the effect a requested accommodation has on others in the workplace in assessing whether the accommodation would substantially burden the conduct of its business.""While anti-discrimination laws absolutely require accommodation of religion, some requested accommodations unfairly burden co-workers, impact workplace morale, and expose coworkers to dignitary harms in ways that impose costs and harm the business itself," Loewy continued.
49% : While the decision leaves the issue open to further court scrutiny, it also leaves open the possibility of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in businesses and workplaces.
47% : "One could easily imagine employees refusing to serve LGBTQ+ patrons, much like the web designer in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, another current Court case about whether Christians can be exempt from anti-discrimination laws.

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