The state's education board said that it "is reinstating its directive to county boards of education not to accept religious exemptions to compulsory vaccination laws"
U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty, of the Western District of Louisiana, ruled the plaintiffs did not meet the high bar required for a preliminary injunction, finding they failed to show a substantial likelihood of success on the merits and did not demonstrate irreparable harm.
The plaintiffs are five parents and five taxpayers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, the Education Law Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Public Funds Public Schools campaign and the Southern Education Foundation, according to a release from the ACLU. The Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP law firm is representing the plaintiffs pro bono.
Minaj accepted the invitation, saying "I’d be honored. Thank you, Ambassador."
Armenia is in the midst of an escalating political crisis that has already landed its richest citizen and several senior clerics behind bars.
The decree is being considered largely a formality because the IRS has never enforced the amendment for "speech concerning electoral politics in the context of worship services."
Key constituents only supported 2016 legislation because of its "true conscious objection and opt out." Amended law, approved last fall, infringes on freedom of religion and speech, lawsuit claims.
"You cannot force your religion or force your beliefs on somebody else," IRS Agent Sherry Wan told pro-life group in 2012. "You have to know your limits. You have to respect other people's beliefs."
The vice president and second lady are raising three children in an interfaith household, but the family attends Mass on Sundays.
Kirk was assassinated last week while speaking at an event in Utah.