Teresa Brown

[Gregory Matthews]

Teresa Brown a Northern California Seventh-day Adventist won (October 2024) a lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections over religious discrimination.  See:

https://norcalrecord.com/stories/664912000-seventh-day-adventist-accuses-california-department-of-corrections-of-religious-discrimination             also see:

https://casetext.com/case/brown-v-cal-dept-of-corr-rehab-2       For more than 100 documents related to this case see:

https://unicourt.com/case/ca-sac-teresa-brown-vs-california-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation-573384      The following article in Liberty magazine provides important background information.

https://www.libertymagazine.org/article/righting-a-wrong

[Gregory Matthews]

It is important to understand that religious rights in the United States are not granted on the basis of the teachings of a religious denomination.  Rather, they are granted on the basis of the beliefs of the individual. From this aspect, there may exist differences of opinion as to what should be done on t he Sabbath.  The SDA Church allows for differences of opinion on this subject.

In actual fact, the California Department of Corrections has people working as Correctional Officers who work on Saturdays.  In addition, some SDAs work on Saturdays as police persons.  This is due to the personal belief of those persons that such work is essential and therefore allowed on the Sabbath.