Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 5:17:33 GMT -6
JACKSON -- Attorneys trying to block a Mississippi law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage argued Friday that it unconstitutionally establishes state-preferred beliefs and treats lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people different from other citizens.
State attorneys defending House Bill 1523 argued that it simply protects government employees, business people and others who believe marriage should only be between a woman and a man.
The bill was filed in response to last summer's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on Friday finished hearing three days of arguments over three lawsuits that asking him to block the bill from becoming law next Thursday.
Read more: www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=51150
State attorneys defending House Bill 1523 argued that it simply protects government employees, business people and others who believe marriage should only be between a woman and a man.
The bill was filed in response to last summer's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on Friday finished hearing three days of arguments over three lawsuits that asking him to block the bill from becoming law next Thursday.
Read more: www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=51150