The state legislature passed the law to give religious-minded citizens the freedom to not violate their conscience. The legislation does not allow a business owner to refuse service discriminately, but provides protections if someone declines to participate in a ceremony or event that might go against their religious beliefs.
Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed the bill into law in April 2016. The ACLU immediately sued the state, claiming that the legislation is discriminatory.
District Judge Carlton Reeves struck down part of the law in June 2016, but a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision. The court ruled that the plaintiffs could not "show clear injury-in-fact that satisfies the ‘irreducible constitutional minimum of standing,'" Life Site News notes.
The case then went to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear it, solidifying the Fifth Circuit’s ruling.
According to Life Site News, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned state employees from travel to Mississippi in response to the Freedom of Conscience Act.
Supreme Court Decision Lets Religious Freedom Stand In Mississippi
Freedom of Conscience
Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed the bill into law in April 2016. The ACLU immediately sued the state, claiming that the legislation is discriminatory.
District Judge Carlton Reeves struck down part of the law in June 2016, but a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision. The court ruled that the plaintiffs could not "show clear injury-in-fact that satisfies the ‘irreducible constitutional minimum of standing,'" Life Site News notes.
The case then went to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear it, solidifying the Fifth Circuit’s ruling.
According to Life Site News, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned state employees from travel to Mississippi in response to the Freedom of Conscience Act.
Supreme Court Decision Lets Religious Freedom Stand In Mississippi
Freedom of Conscience
