Small Christian School Sues Oregon Governor For Shutting Private Religious Schools While Letting Public Schools Reopen

The Daily Wire ^ | 10/21/2020 | Jon Brown

[Zenyatta]

A small Christian school in Oregon is suing Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and other Oregon officials after claiming the state is discriminating against private and religious schools by keeping them locked down while allowing public schools to reopen.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of Hermiston Christian School, a K-12 school in Hermiston, Oregon, which has a student body of 51. The lawsuit reads in part: “After 41 years of faithful service, Hermiston Christian School (‘HCS’) could be forced to shut its doors for good unless the Court stops an obvious case of discrimination: Defendants’ COVID-19 orders and guidance generally prohibit in- person instruction but grant a ‘small school’ exception to public schools while denying the same exception to private religious schools (‘Religious School Closure’) in Umatilla County.”

[olivia3boys]

In CA, the private schools are starting to finally reopen at least for 2 days a week.

Public schools still firmly shut.

Newsom’s color coding system and moving goalposts applies to private and public schools alike, so it’s solely the teachers unions keeping all the public schools still closed.

[dufekin]

This headline is century-old news. See Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (1925), a Supreme Court decision that held that the Constitution then forbade Walter Marcus Pierce, governor of Oregon, from prohibiting the Society of Sisters from operating a nonpublic school. Granted, the circumstances changed somewhat, but how does Kate Brown claim power that her predecessor lacked?

[cidrasm]

but how does Kate Brown claim power that her predecessor lacked?

If no one stops you, you can do whatever you like.