Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case
On a sharply divided Supreme Court, the justice in the middle seemed conflicted Tuesday in the court’s high-stakes consideration of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in 2012.
Supreme Court takes up dispute over wedding cake for gay couple
The Supreme Court is taking up the highly anticipated case of the Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
Bryant to review bill on gay marriage limits
Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is not yet saying whether he would sign a bill that would let government workers and private businesspeople cite religious beliefs to deny services to gay or lesbian couples.
Miss. legislation: OK to not help with same-sex marriage
State officials, private business owners and others who provide services to the public couldn’t be punished for acting on religious beliefs that marriage should only be between a man and a woman, under a bill advancing in the Mississippi Legislature.
Businesses protest new Mississippi law
Some Mississippi business owners who support equal treatment for gays and lesbians are pushing back against a new law that bans government from limiting the free practice of religion.
Religious-practices bill headed to Gov. Bryant
Mississippi lawmakers on Tuesday passed the final version of a bill that says state and local governments cannot put a substantial burden on religious practices, a measure that sparked debate about possible discrimination against gay people and other groups.
Miss. lawmakers feel pressure over religion bill
Lawmakers in conservative Mississippi find themselves in a tug-of-war over a religious-practices bill that some say is uncomfortably similar to one recently vetoed by Arizona’s Republican governor.
Miss. religion bill draws debate on discrimination
A gay-rights group is asking Mississippi legislators to specify that a religious-practices bill won’t open the way for discrimination if it becomes law.
Mississippi House panel advances revised religious practice bill
A Mississippi House panel on Tuesday changed and passed a bill that says state and local government cannot put a substantial burden on religious practices.
Mississippi religious-practices bill faces deadline
A Mississippi House panel will decide today whether to kill a religious-practices bill or keep it alive with or without changes.
How Corporate America forced Arizona bill’s veto
When an important social issue intersected with business in Arizona, Corporate America decided it was time to take a stand.
Changes proposed to Miss. religious practices bill
A Mississippi House panel is proposing changes that might neutralize concerns about whether a religious-freedom bill could lead to discrimination against gay people or other groups.
Future of Miss. ‘religious freedom’ bill uncertain
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.
Arizona governor’s veto aimed at own party’s right
Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slapped down the right wing of her own party, vetoing a bill pushed by social conservatives that would have allowed people with sincerely held religious beliefs to refuse to serve gays.
Arizona governor returns home amid furor over religious beliefs bill
Gov. Jan Brewer returned to Arizona on Tuesday and faced a pressing decision about a bill on her desk that has prompted a national debate over religious and gay rights.
Religious freedom bill riles gay rights supporters in Arizona
The Arizona Legislature gave final approval Thursday evening to legislation that allows business owners asserting their religious beliefs to refuse service to gays, drawing backlash from Democrats who called the proposal “state-sanctioned discrimination” and an embarrassment.