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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Against Mississippi’s Anti-Gay Religious ‘License to Discriminate’ Law
The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to review a case challenging one of the most extreme anti-gay laws in the country. Mississippi’s HB 1523, which grants the right to refuse service by anyone to anyone if they believe that person is LGBT, in a same-sex relationship – including a legal marriage – has ever had sex [...]
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Mississippi Bill Permitting Discrimination Against LGBTQ People Becomes Law Tomorrow
Mississippi HB 1523, “The Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,” has outlasted the constitutional challenges it has faced since being signed by Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant in 2016. It becomes law tomorrow. This is after the Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals refused to rehear the case originally filed by the Campaign for Southern [...]
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Mississippi funeral home refuses man’s body because he married a man, Lambda Legal files suit
“We hit it off really good and six months later he moved in. We respected each other, we did everything together.”
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Appeal to Mississippi’s stayed “religious freedom” bill enters federal court
“The district court’s decision is ripe for reversal and we are confident that, as this case moves ahead, it will be reversed.”
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‘State-sanctioned discrimination’: Federal Judge halts Mississippi anti-LGBTQ ‘Religious Freedom’ law
“Under the guise of providing additional protection for religious exercise, it creates a vehicle for state-sanctioned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.”
