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The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it\u2019s on the side of Michigan faith-based schools that are challenging Governor Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s ban on in-person classes in high schools.<\/p>\n

The Civil Rights Division filed an argument in favor of three Catholic high schools and the Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools. A federal judge in Kalamazoo will hear arguments Monday.<\/p>\n

The government says schools and families have a constitutional right to practice their religion through in-person instruction. 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