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A California mom says the state is forcing her to choose between her Christian faith and her son’s education, and she’s asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in.

The emergency application, filed Sept. 11 and formally docketed Friday, was submitted to Justice Elena Kagan, who handles emergency matters from the Ninth Circuit.

Kagan could decide on her own or refer the case to the full Court, a move that could make the mother’s fight a national test case over faith and vaccines in a majority-conservative bench.

The filing, brought by We the Patriots USA, Inc. and "Jane Doe," contends that California’s health code unconstitutionally bars her son from attending school unless he receives vaccines she considers religiously obje

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