Post by pavel on May 13, 2016 4:11:45 GMT -6
Mississippi's controversial religious liberties bill, to go into effect July 1, is facing a second court challenge.
The Campaign for Southern Equality moved to reopen its lawsuit that overturned Mississippi's ban on marriage for same-sex couples to incorporate a challenge to House Bill 1523.
Tuesday's lawsuit is the second filed in two days over the divisive bill. Monday, the ACLU filed a suit against the state department of health to declare the bill unconstitutional.
Specifically, the lawsuit challenges the provision in HB 1523 that allows Mississippi public officials to seek to “recuse” themselves from issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples based on certain "sincerely held" religious beliefs, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the organization.
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/05/10/second-hb-1523-related-lawsuit-filed-against-state/84187218/
The Campaign for Southern Equality moved to reopen its lawsuit that overturned Mississippi's ban on marriage for same-sex couples to incorporate a challenge to House Bill 1523.
Tuesday's lawsuit is the second filed in two days over the divisive bill. Monday, the ACLU filed a suit against the state department of health to declare the bill unconstitutional.
Specifically, the lawsuit challenges the provision in HB 1523 that allows Mississippi public officials to seek to “recuse” themselves from issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples based on certain "sincerely held" religious beliefs, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the organization.
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/05/10/second-hb-1523-related-lawsuit-filed-against-state/84187218/