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June 20, 2016

MS Dem chair Cole calls Cong. Kelly a “loyal back-bench foot soldier” for Donald Trump’s GOP

Kelly wraps up his first year in Congress Thompson, the dean of Mississippi’s House delegation, welcomes the gesture. It’s the only regular meeting he has with a Republican in his delegation. “He’s the one who reached out,’’ Trey Baker, a spokesman for Thompson, said of Kelly…. …Rep. Gregg Harper, his 3rd District Republican colleague, called…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 20, 2016

State attorneys: HB1523 doesn’t bar LGBT from marriage, protects exercise of religious beliefs

Mississippi attorneys: LGBT law protects religious rights “HB 1523 does not bar plaintiffs from getting married, exercising any right associated with marriage, or holding or living by whatever moral or religious beliefs they see fit,” the state attorneys wrote. “By its terms, HB 1523 is an accommodation law intended to convey the strongest protection for…