A Redlands teacher has filed two suits against Redlands Unified School District for not granting him a masking or coronavirus testing exemption.
Reginald Pulliam, a Citrus Valley High School special-education teacher, claims a membership in the True Hope Ministry, which forbids masking faces, according to his complaint.
Follow Our Courts has reached out to RUSD and is awaiting a response.
“The True Hope Ministry preaches that God breathed life into man and when man breathes, he is breathing the breath of God. For that reason, veiling is strictly prohibited and viewed as being an affront to the Creator,” his complaint says.
The complaint also claims coronavirus
