A lawsuit filed by Milford Christian Academy against the Department of Public Health Commissioner in Connecticut, has been dismissed by a US District Court. Originally filed on March 6th, the school then filed an emergency motion for temporary restraining order (TRO). Two months later, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss.
After a few more filings by both sides, the District Court held oral argument on October 23, 2023 regarding the pending motion to dismiss. Because the State’s Office of Early Childhood had already retreated from enforcing any mandate, the threat of imminent harm was no longer present; in other words, legal protections were/are no longer needed. However, no ruling currently prevents the state from intruding on the rights of religious schools like Milford Christian Academy.
On December 1st, Judge Bolden ruled in favor of the Defendants (the State),
“To the extent the deficiencies identified in the factual allegations in Plaintiffs’ Complaint can be rem edied, Plaintiffs may move for leave to amend the Complaint by January 19, 2024. If no proposed amended pleading is filed by that date, the Court will instruct the Clerk of Court to enter judgement and close this case….”
Attorney Cameron Atkinson wrote on behalf of the plaintiffs,
“If the law compels a judge to write an opinion that a church may still preach its doctrine and its congregants may live that doctrine everywhere except church, the Constitution has died in the United States. We’ll do everything possible to undo this travesty of a ruling even if we must go to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
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