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Federal judge rules Mississippi can begin legal discrimination July 1
Soon, people and businesses can deny services and employers can enforce strict dress codes and bathroom policies, claiming it’s their religious right.
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Episcopal bishop: Priests can wed gay couples without my OK
Delegates to the Episcopal General Convention voted overwhelmingly last year to change church law to allow same-sex marriages throughout the denomination.
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3rd federal court case seeks to block Mississippi LGBT law
All three lawsuits seek to block the bill from becoming law July 1. They also seek to have it declared unconstitutional.
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MS governor will ‘stand in line’ for crucifixion over LGBT law
While accepting an award from a hate group, Governor Bryant made sure to paint himself as the victim.
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Mississippi will fight challenges to religious exemptions laws
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says the law will protect people’s religious belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
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Wanted: lawyer to sue Obama, see Mississippi governor
Eleven states are suing the administration over the directive to schools about transgender students. Mississippi won’t be one of them.
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Mississippi governor intends to join trans bathroom lawsuit
Attorney General Jim Hood, the only Democrat in statewide office in Mississippi, said he won’t represent Governor Bryant.
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Mississippi superintendent flip-flops on support for trans students
States led by Republicans across the South are standing up to defy the Obama directive to treat trans kids equally.
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What religion are those religious exemption laws protecting?
We should exercise a little “religious freedom” of our own, and begin to see and proclaim just how queer the Christian tradition really is.
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Debate over transgender bathroom access spreads nationwide
The surge began last year after social conservatives lost a long battle to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriage.