Joe Max Higgins says state flag, HB 1523 contributing to state’s development woes
Mississippi is suffering on the economic development front, and Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins said the problem is mostly self-inflicted.
Judge allows new route to challenge Mississippi LGBT law
A gay rights group is getting another chance to challenge a Mississippi law that lets government workers and private business people cite their own religious beliefs to refuse services to LGBT people.
New delay in Miss. law on objection to gay marriage
New court action has created a slight delay for a Mississippi law that, barring an intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, will let government workers and business people cite their own religious objections to refuse services to gay couples.
Legal fight continues over Miss. gay-marriage law
Wrangling continues over a Mississippi law that lets merchants and government officials cite their religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.
Mississippi LGBT law faces more court scrutiny
Mississippi is in for a long court fight over constitutional questions about its law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage.
Governor: Opponents hope Mississippi is hurt by LGBT law
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday that opponents are “desperately hoping” Mississippi will be hurt by a law that would let business people and government workers cite religious beliefs to deny some services to same-sex couples.
Court clears Mississippi LGBT objections law; appeal likely
A federal appeals court said Thursday that Mississippi can enforce a law that allows merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples, but opponents of the law immediately pledged to appeal.
Slimantics: When a win is really a loss
When The 5th District Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling against Mississippi’s HB1523, also known as “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,” on Thursday, a lot of folks didn’t know whether to shrug their shoulders or set their hair on fire and run down the street.
Plaintiffs: Mississippi law takes sides in religious debate
Gay rights groups and others are asking a federal appeals court to keep blocking a Mississippi law that would let merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.
Miss. asks court to uphold law affecting LGBT rights
Mississippi’s Republican governor is asking a federal appeals court to uphold a state law letting merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.
Mississippi gay marriage law remains blocked during appeal
Mississippi’s law on religious objections to same-sex marriage will remain blocked while the governor appeals a judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional.
Judge keeps block on religious objection law during appeal
A federal judge on Monday denied a request by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to allow a law that protects religious objections to same-sex marriage to take effect during an appeal.
Bryant and Gunn defend religious objections law
Top Mississippi leaders redoubled their defense Thursday of the state’s attempt to protect religious objections to same-sex couples, transgender people or anyone engaging in sex outside marriage.
Emails: Group asked Bryant for religious objections order
Emails disclosed in a lawsuit over a blocked Mississippi law that protects religious objections to same-sex marriage show a Christian legal group asked Gov. Phil Bryant to institute the protections through an executive order in 2015.
Mississippi leaders divided on religious-beliefs law appeal
Mississippi’s Democratic attorney general said Wednesday that he won’t join the Republican governor in appealing a federal judge’s ruling that blocked a state law on religious objections to gay marriage.
Bryant appeals block on religious beliefs law
Mississippi’s governor has asked a judge to let a state law take effect that would let some businesses and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny or delay services to same-sex couples.
Religious supporters of Miss. law look to appeal
Religious supporters of a Mississippi law dealing with objections to same-sex marriage say they hope a higher court will overturn the federal judge who stopped the law from taking effect.
Judge blocks Miss. law on objections to gay marriage
A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law on religious objections to same-sex marriage moments before it was set to take effect Friday, ruling it unconstitutionally establishes preferred beliefs and creates unequal treatment for gay people.
Judge: HB 1523 creates inequality for gay marriage
Mississippi clerks cannot cite their own religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, under a ruling a federal judge handed down Monday.
Attorneys clash over possible impact of Miss. LGBT law
Attorneys trying to block a Mississippi law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage argued Friday that it unconstitutionally establishes state-preferred beliefs and treats lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people different from other citizens.