On Monday, a lawsuit was filed by multiple religious schools that have taken issue with California Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent school closure order.
According to The Christian Post, the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California, aims to obtain an injunction on the order.
Private Schools from various faith backgrounds are listed on the complaint including three Jewish schools based in Los Angeles and two Christian schools. Individual parents are also listed on the suit.
In part, the suit asserts that the “Plaintiffs bring this particular suit to advance their rights as religious schools, parents, students, and educators to choose — again, consistent with sound science, data, and their own individual circumstances — to hold in-person religious education in a manner consistent with their faith.”
It continues, “Our laws are clear that government shall make no law abridging the free exercise of religion. Laws that treat religious institutions, including schools, unequally must be narrowly tailored to minimize the burden they place on a fundamental right.”
Taking issue with how “similarly situated entities” have been permitted to reopen, the suit argues that “Parents have the right to direct the education of their children in the religious setting of their choice.”
Sebastian Petz, superintendent of Montebello…
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