A Christian mom is fighting a homeschool battle, says 'Government cannot exclude religious people'. Subscribe to QuickStart for more Christian news ➡️ go.cbn.com/ul4Ns Tessa Bulzan, a Marine veteran, left her six-figure job to homeschool two of her five children. In doing so, she chose Christian-based curriculum from Abeka and Classical Conversations. "Number one reason is it aligned with my faith, and the number two is the academic rigor for both curriculums," Bulzan told CBN News. But when she submitted her Christian curriculum for reimbursement, she said the program denied her request. "They said that because there was incidental scripture and there were references to God that's why they were denying my curriculum," explained Bulzan. She then appealed the decision. In the process, Bulzan purchased other books to see whether the district would approve materials reflecting different worldviews. "One was Julian is a Mermaid, and the other is We Are Water Protectors, and they approved both of those," said Bulzan. "And neither of those meet the core academics that my books did. Just like math, we're talking two plus two equals four, but we were denied solely on the basis that it was Christian material." Bulzan then filed a federal lawsuit against the school district. Kate Anderson with Alliance Defending Freedom expects the school district to argue public funds cannot be used for religious education. She cites, however, that recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings have made clear such programs cannot exclude people or content simply because they are religious. Meanwhile, Bulzan hopes her move will encourage other parents to educate their children according to their beliefs.