Elizabeth Mirabelli, a 25-year veteran of the school system, told Fox News it's "unfortunate" she feels compelled to go to bat against Rincon Middle School in Escondido, telling the network, "This is a community of people I care about, people I've served for a long period of time. And so that gives me pause to have to stand up, but I felt that I had to make that choice."

Mirabelli is joined in her lawsuit by fellow veteran teacher Lori Ann West. The two educators are claiming in their filing against school leadership that they were essentially told to lie to parents whose children have assumed gender and sexual identities incongruent with their biology.

In their lawsuit, the teachers claim the school district's policy violates their First Amendment rights.

The complaint, filed by the Catholic law firm the Thomas More Society, states both West and Mirabelli sought and were ultimately denied religious accommodations that would have exempted them from having to comply with the school district's policy, which, in addition to concealing information from parents, required educators to use students' preferred pronouns, regardless of their biological makeup.

"Faced with EUSD's immoral policies deceiving parents, both Mrs. Mirabelli and Mrs. West sought an accommodation that would allow them to act in the best interests of the children in their care—as required by their moral and religious convictions," the court filing stated. "Both Mrs. Mirabelli and Mrs. West consider it a moral and religious duty to provide such care for every child in their charge, regardless of personal differences"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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