Federal judge blocks Mississippi religious objections law

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Federal judge blocks Mississippi religious objections law

Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Updated 1:45 am, Friday, July 1, 2016

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that would let merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs in denying or delaying services to same-sex couples.

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves filed an order overnight in two lawsuits blocking the law just moments before it was to take effect Friday. State attorneys are expected to appeal.

The law would protect three beliefs: That marriage is only between a man and a woman; that sex should only take place in such a marriage; and that a person's gender is determined at birth and cannot be altered.

It would allow clerks to cite religious objections to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and it could affect adoptions and foster care, business practices and school bathroom policies.


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1. Need link? nt

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2. Read more: Link to source

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cec438b4829445aeb107392fab7e8fb4/us-judge-blocks-mississippi-law-limiting-gay-marriage

EDIT: Too fast for me, Ziggy :p

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3. Shocker...

[cynzke]

4. WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY ON LAWS THAT WILL NEVER HOLD UP!

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7. But they make great red meat to throw at their medieval base.

Rethugs have made the practice of turning taxpayer money into political battle horses into an art.

[askeptic]

5. "The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor some religious beliefs over others,"

The judge noted what the rest of us could see the minute Kim Davis came into the picture saying bigot beliefs overruled everyone else's.

And the dumbasses are going to appeal!

[Eugene]

6. The Latest: No Judges Sought Recusal From Doing Gay Weddings

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: No Judges Sought Recusal From Doing Gay Weddings

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. — Jul 1, 2016, 6:52 PM ET

The Latest on Mississippi's religious objections bill (all times local):

5:50 p.m.

No Mississippi judges filed forms saying they have religious objections to officiating over weddings for gay or lesbian couples.

A state law that was blocked by a federal judge would have let judges file forms with the state Administrative Office of Courts to recuse themselves from doing weddings for same-sex couples.

Beverly Pettigrew Kraft, spokeswoman for the offices, says no judge submitted one. The law was blocked just before it was supposed to take effect Friday.

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5:15 p.m.

Only one Mississippi government clerk filed a form seeking recusal from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

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