Two San Diego, California-area Christian teachers have filed an amended lawsuit in a federal court naming Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Attorney General Rob Bonta among other defendants, alleging the educators were forced to lie to parents and hide students’ gender confusion.
Attorneys with the Thomas More Society representing Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West originally filed Mirabelli, et al. v. Olson, et al. last year. In addition to Newsom and Bonta, other defendants in the lawsuit include the officials of the Escondido Union School District, California Department of Education, California State Board of Education, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Rincon Middle School, where both teachers are on staff.
The complaint alleges the teachers were compelled to deceive parents about their students’ gender dysphoria because of a policy mandated on school districts under the leadership of state politicians.
The teachers argued that the “secrecy policy” infringed on their First Amendment Free Speech and Free Exercise of religion rights, and if they were to comply and be dishonest with parents it would violate their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
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