Patricia Holmes, and United States of America, Intervening v. Marion County Office of Family and Children

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Patricia Holmes, an employee of Indiana’s child-welfare system, took two days of paid leave rather than comply with a directive to remove a headwrap required by her faith. She filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, contending that Indiana discriminated against her on account of her religion. She relies on a definition in § 701© of that Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(j), which provides that religion “includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is unable to reasonably accommodate to…