Mississippi just legalized same sex marriage with SB2681 [View all]

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Governor Phil Bryant indirectly legalized same sex marriage[/link] when he signed SB2681 into law in Mississippi.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT STATE ACTION OR AN ACTION BY ANY PERSON BASED ON STATE ACTION SHALL NOT BURDEN A PERSON'S RIGHT TO THE EXERCISE OF RELIGION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

"Exercise of religion" is defined as actions that are substantially motivated by one's sincerely held religious belief

Matt Eichelberger, a political blogger in Mississippi, points out that the Unitarian Universalist Church has sanctioned gay marriage since 1996. We have a few congregations in the state mostly in college towns. These churches would love to perform marriage ceremonies for LGBT couples. Mississippi could become the marriage destination of the Southeast for same sex couples who live in neighboring red states.

If some action is part of your "sincerely held religious belief" then literally anything goes.