Ohio Attorney General Backs Lawsuit to Keep Religious Schools Open Amid Pandemic

Ohio Attorney General Backs Lawsuit to Keep Religious Schools Open Amid Pandemic
Dave Yost spoke at the Ohio Republican Party's election night party in Columbus, Ohio on Nov. 6, 2018. Justin Merriman/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday filed an amicus brief in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of religious schools seeking to overturn a county health department’s shutdown order, calling the order a violation of the First Amendment.

“This order violates the Free Exercise Clause,” Yost wrote in the brief. “That clause prohibits the government from discriminating against religion.”