Tue Oct 26, 2021 – 11:55 am EDT
(Thomas More Society) – The family of a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete is suing the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) for religious discrimination as a result of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Thomas More Society attorneys filed suit against the school district and its Board of Education on October 22, 2021, in United States District Court, on the behalf of the 16-year-old high school junior and her parents.
“The San Diego Unified School District vaccine mandate attempts to nullify protections for sincere religious beliefs, while allowing medical exemptions and refusing to enforce the mandate as to certain preferred categories of students,” explained Paul Jonna, partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP and Thomas More Society Special Counsel.
“Our client’s faith prevents her from taking any of the currently available COVID-19 vaccinations due to their taint with aborted fetal cells. As a result, according to the district’s vaccination mandate, she must either abandon her faith or enroll in independent, online study,” Jonna detailed.
“She is a preeminent athlete, looking forward to this winter’s season because she hopes to draw the attention of college recruiters and potentially earn a
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