Post by Logan on May 11, 2016 3:17:49 GMT -6
Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who successfully challenged DOMA in United States v. Windsor, has waded into the mire over Mississippi’s anti-LGBT religious freedom bill, HB 1523.
Kaplan is part of a legal team representing two same-sex couples who are challenging a provison of HB 1523 that allows state officials to recuse themselves from officiating or recognizing same-sex marriages if doing so would violate their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
BuzzFeed reports:
Read more: www.towleroad.com/2016/05/doma-lawyer-roberta-kaplan-sues-mississippi-over-anti-lgbt-religious-freedom/
Kaplan is part of a legal team representing two same-sex couples who are challenging a provison of HB 1523 that allows state officials to recuse themselves from officiating or recognizing same-sex marriages if doing so would violate their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
BuzzFeed reports:
“[T]here can be no such thing as ‘separate, but (un)equal’ marriage for gay and lesbian couples in Mississippi,” the lawyers write in Tuesday’s filing. “The Supreme Court could not have been clearer about this when it said in Obergefell that states must allow same-sex couples to marry ‘on the same terms and conditions’ as all other couples.”
The effort led by Roberta Kaplan — who represented Edith Windsor in her successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act — addresses only one provision of HB 1523, which was signed into law by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant earlier this year: the “recusal” provision.
The effort led by Roberta Kaplan — who represented Edith Windsor in her successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act — addresses only one provision of HB 1523, which was signed into law by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant earlier this year: the “recusal” provision.
Read more: www.towleroad.com/2016/05/doma-lawyer-roberta-kaplan-sues-mississippi-over-anti-lgbt-religious-freedom/