CROSSPOINT CHURCH v. MAKIN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE CROSSPOINT CHURCH, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:23-cv-00146-JAW ) A. PENDER MAKIN, in her ) official capacity as Commissioner of ) the Maine Department of Education, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION A church that operates a religious school sues Maine’s Education Commissioner and Human Rights Commissioners to preclude enforcement of the state’s educational and employment antidiscrimination laws, arguing that they violate the Free Exercise, Establishment, and Free Speech Clauses of the U.S.…