Seventh-day Adventists Seek High Court Help for Workers’ Sabbath

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has long fought to help its members reconcile their work responsibilities with their religious practices. That long-running legal campaign could now make its way to the highest court in the land.

The church represents a former Walgreen Co. training instructor who was fired for failing to conduct a two-hour session on the Sabbath, which stretches from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday for Seventh-day Adventists. A federal appeals court threw out the worker’s discrimination lawsuit, prompting the church to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. The high court this week gave Walgreens more time ...