This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Pastor Jim Loomer, right, speaks during news conference in front of Milford Christian Church, in Milford, Conn. March 10, 2023. Loomer is seen here with attorney Brian Festa of We The Patriots USA. MILFORD — The state’s attorney general has asked a federal judge to throw a lawsuit filed by a local religious school over the state’s vaccine mandate out of court. “All five counts must be dismissed…because of Supreme Court, Second Circuit, and Connecticut U.S. District Court holdings permitting states to enact school vaccination requirements that do not contain religious exemptions,” wrote Assistant Attorneys General Darren Cunningham and Cynthia Mahon in a 38-page memorandum supporting a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The school, Milford Christian Academy, sued the state’s commissioners of education, public health, and early childhood development, arguing the enforcement of a 2021 state law mandating vaccines for students violates the first and 14th amendments. The school’s lawyer, Cameron Atkinson, said that on March 1, the state of Connecticut delivered "an unconscionable ultimatum" to the church to submit a corrective action plan by March 15 after an inspection by the Office of Early Childhood of its […]
