Feds suing Metro, alleging religious discrimination

The U.S. Justice Department is suing Metro, alleging religious discrimination over the transit agency’s policy of barring employees from altering their uniforms to comply with their religious beliefs.

The lawsuit cites the case of Gloria Jones, an Apostolic Pentecostal Christian, who in 2005 applied to be a Metro bus driver but was allegedly denied because her religious beliefs prohibit her from wearing pants, which are part of a bus driver’s uniform.