TX: Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Pro-Life Employee

There's an important religious discrimination lawsuit that we have just filed in U.S. District Court in Austin, Texas.  We have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of our client Edwin A. Graning, who was employed as a bus driver for the Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS).

This past January, Graning was assigned to pick up a client early in the morning and transport her to Planned Parenthood in Austin.  Graning, an ordained Christian minister, was concerned that he might be transporting the client to undergo an abortion at the Planned Parenthood clinic.  So before picking up the client, he called his supervisor and told her that, based on his religious beliefs, he could not take someone to have an abortion. 

Rather than accommodate Granings religious beliefs and give the transportation assignment to another driver, CARTS fired Graning on the spot for refusing the assignment.

In our complaint, which you can view here, we allege that CARTS violated Title VII, a federal law that prevents religious discrimination. 

I will continue to keep you posted on this important case.