Michigan responds to lawsuit filed by Catholic high schools over in-person learning ban Updated Dec 11, 2020; Posted Dec 11, 2020 Saint Mary Cathedral and Diocese of Lansing in downtown Lansing on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.Joel Bissell | MLive.com Facebook Share In response to Michigan’s temporary ban on in-person high school classes, a group of Catholic high schools filed a lawsuit claiming their religious freedom is being trampled. Attorneys for the state argue the ban applies to all high schools, both private and public, secular and religious, and so it doesn’t violate the First Amendment freedom of religion. The Michigan Association of Non-public Schools (MANS), an organization of 400 schools with 90,000 students, filed the lawsuit in federal court on Monday and requested a restraining order be issued against the state to halt the ban on in-person classes for religious high schools.