Catholic school’s lawsuit against mask mandate goes to federal court catholicnews.com
A Catholic school in Lansing, Michigan, and two school parents are suing state officials over the state’s requirement that students wear face masks in school, saying this violated the school’s religious practices.
A lower court sided with state officials in the suit filed last October when the mandate was in place for school students.
On July 21, this case went before a federal appeals court even though most of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions were rescinded in June.
The complaint is from Resurrection School, which has a small student body of 150 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The school, part of the Church of the Resurrection, emphasizes a traditional curriculum, according to the school’s website…
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