All posts tagged "HB 1523"
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Mississippi venue cites “Christian” faith as reason it won’t perform gay or “mixed race” marriages
People point to Mississippi's anti-LGBTQ "religious freedom" statutes as opening the door to other types of discrimination
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Clarksdale, Mississippi, passes LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance
Ordinance, backed by mayor, prohibits discrimination in housing, public accommodations, and employment
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Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Mississippi anti-gay law
Decision not to hear case means plaintiffs must restart case, finding victims injured by law since it took effect in October
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Travel ban over Mississippi’s anti-LGBTQ law disrupts college baseball schedule
A Mississippi law that allows government officials and businesses to refuse service to LGBTQ individuals will force two college baseball teams to miss at least...
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Mississippi’s anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” law could face Supreme Court challenge
The law allows religious individuals and businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people
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Mississippi’s anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” law is now in full effect
HB 1523 condones anti-LGBTQ discrimination based on three specific religious beliefs
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Mississippi’s “religious freedom” law to be appealed to Supreme Court
The attorneys in a case challenging Mississippi’s “religious freedom law” have announced they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the 5th U.S. Court...
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Plaintiffs challenging Mississippi “religious freedom” law ask for full 5th Circuit to rehear case
Lawyers representing the plaintiffs who sued to stop a Mississippi “religious freedom” law from taking effect have asked the full 5th Circuit to rehear their...
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5th Circuit hears challenge to Mississippi “religious freedom” law
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of Barber v. Bryant, a challenge to Mississippi’s so-called “religious freedom” law, HB...
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Federal court to hear challenge to Mississippi’s anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” law
Law would have granted people who subscribe to 3 specific religious beliefs carte blanche to discriminate against gays
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Mississippi’s “religious freedom” law now before 5th Circuit
A Mississippi law that purports to protect people’s exercise of religion by allowing them to refuse goods or services to LGBT people or others who...
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Federal judge refuses to stay his ruling against Mississippi’s anti-LGBT law
The federal judge who previously stopped the state of Mississippi from enforcing a “religious freedom” law that critics say condones anti-LGBT discrimination has refused to...
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New York State ad campaign tries to steal business away from states with anti-LGBT laws
Trio of ads airing in Texas, Mississippi, and North Carolina touts New York State's pro-LGBT reputation
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Judge halts Mississippi “religious freedom” law from taking effect
Judge Carlton Reeves finds Mississippi's HB 1523 violates both the First and Fourteenth Amendments
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Federal judge blocks part of Mississippi’s “religious freedom” law
Injunction blocks part of HB 1523 that would allow clerks to refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses
