Supreme Court Allows Mississippi Law Protecting Gay Marriage Dissenters to Stand
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear appeals on two lawsuits aimed at striking down a Mississippi law that allows businesses to refuse to service same-sex weddings.
In an order list released Monday, the highest court in the nation declined without comment to hear the cases of Campaign for Southern Equality et al. v. Bryant and Barber, Rims, et al. v. Bryant, respectively.
At issue was Mississippi's House Bill 1523, also called the Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act....