Bus Driver Sues After Being Fired For Refusing To Take Women To Planned Parenthood

Yesterday's Austin American-Statesman reports that a former bus driver has filed suit in federal court in Austin, Texas against the Capital Area Rural Transportation System claiming religious discrimination in employment. The bus system provides pickup on request for residents in rural areas. Driver Edwin Graning, who is also an ordained Christian minister, was fired after he refused to transport two women to a Planned Parenthood clinic because he thought he might be taking them to have an abortion. Graning claims CARTS had an obligation to accommodate his religious beliefs opposing abortion.