Paul Jonna – California Globe

Lawsuit Forces California Department of Education to Remove Aztec God Chants From Ethnic Studies Curriculum

January 18, 2022 2:27 amApril 3, 2022 3:09 pm

The California Department of Education (CDE) agreed to drop two religious chants from its ethnic studies model curriculum (ESMC) during the weekend after parents, the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, and the Thomas More Society threatened to sue them over...

United States Supreme Court to Consider Intervening in San Diego Schools’ COVID Vaccination Mandate

December 11, 2021 8:12 amDecember 12, 2021 2:26 pm

The family of a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete is suing the San Diego Unified School District for religious discrimination over the districts’ strictest-in-the-nation COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Thomas More Society attorneys filed suit against the school district and its...

San Diego Student Wins Religious Rights Injunction for District’s COVID Vaccine Mandate

November 29, 2021 11:43 amDecember 8, 2021 3:46 pm

A San Diego Unified School District public school student has won a religious rights case in an Appeal at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for an Injunction over the school districts’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Last week, Thomas More Society...

San Diego School District Sued Over Not Having a Religious COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Exemption

October 25, 2021 4:05 pmOctober 28, 2021 10:36 am

The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) was sued over the weekend by a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete and her family for religious discrimination over the district’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Last month, the SDUSD approved COVID-19 vaccination mandates...

California Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million For Church Legal Fees Following Supreme Court Losses

June 3, 2021 10:54 amMarch 22, 2022 11:47 am

Earlier this week, the state of California agreed to a deal with the South Bay United Pentecostal Church of Chula Vista and Bakersfield-area priest to pay $2.1 million in legal fees to the Thomas More Society law firm following several...

San Diego Non-Profit Helping Sex-Trafficking Victims Wins Fight for New Home

February 8, 2021 2:08 amFebruary 7, 2021 7:24 pm

Sex trafficking is the fastest-growing illegal enterprise in California. The San Diego County District Attorney‘s office reports that in San Diego County alone there are an estimated 12,000 sex trafficking victims and survivors, with the average age of only 15....