SANTA ROSA, Calif., Feb. 25 (UPI)

Testimony has concluded in the California discrimination lawsuit against a high school student who repeatedly said that’s so gay to classmates. Testimony in the harassment and religious discrimination case ended Wednesday. A verdict is not expected for several months, the Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press Democrat reported. Judge Elaine Rushing will have up to 90 days to issue her ruling after she hears opposing attorneys’ closing statements in either March or April. Kathy and Elden Rice filed the suit after their daughter, Rebekah, was disciplined for using the term that’s so gay to her classmates nearly three years ago at a school in Santa Rosa. The suit names the Santa Rosa school district, Maria Carrillo High School Principal Mark Klick, Assistant Principal Kass Mason and teacher Claudine Gans-Rugebregt as co-defendants. The family maintains that their daughter was singled out for using the phrase due to her Mormon beliefs and has asked for unspecified financial compensation.

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