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Mississippi Governor won’t say if he’ll sign anti-LGBT bill into law
“Gov. Bryant will review it if and when it reaches his desk,” Bryant spokesman Clay Chandler said Thursday.
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Mississippi files notice of appeal in same-sex marriage case, asks to extend stay
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s attorney general has taken first steps to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. A formal notice of appeal was filed late Wednesday in federal court in Jackson and with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans by Attorney General Jim Hood and Gov. Phil Bryant.
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Mississippi officials seek to uphold ban on same-sex marriage
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s Republican governor and Democratic attorney general are asking a federal judge to uphold the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The state made the request in court papers Monday, responding to a lawsuit filed Oct. 20 in U.S. District Court in Jackson by two lesbian couples and a gay-rights group, Campaign for Southern Equality.
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ACLU seeks to file brief in Mississippi same-sex couple’s divorce case
JACKSON, Miss. — The American Civil Liberties Union wants to file a brief in support of a woman who wants the state of Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce. The Mississippi Supreme Court has not ruled on the motion filed Thursday. It’s unclear if the court will hear oral arguments or when it might rule….
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Miss. governor intervenes in same-sex couple’s divorce case
JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Phil Bryant is intervening in a case involving a Mississippi woman who wants the state to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce. Bryant, represented by Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, is opposing the woman’s appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
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Miss. governor signs religious freedom bill that could allow anti-gay discrimination
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that says state and local governments cannot put a substantial burden on religious practices.
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Miss. lawmakers confused whether their own religious freedom bill is anti-gay
JACKSON, Miss. — Several Mississippi lawmakers say they’re confused about whether a freedom-of-religion bill is similar to a widely criticized Arizona measure that would allow people to assert religious beliefs in refusing business services to same-sex couples.
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N.C. Governor: Anti-gay marriage vote makes N.C. ‘look like Mississippi’
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) said Friday that she was embarrassed by voters’ passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state’s constitution earlier this week, primarily because it made the state “look like Mississippi.”