Attorneys for Gov. Bryant defending #HB1523 at SCOTUS

Attorneys defend Mississippi law on denying LGBT services

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant are defending a state law that lets government workers and private business people cite religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people.

In arguments filed Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court, they wrote that the law protects people from being penalized for refusing to participate in activities they consider “immoral,” such as same-sex marriage.

Meridian Star
11/13/17