Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 23:29:41 GMT -6
The number of federal lawsuits filed challenging House Bill 1523 keeps growing with the latest case filed Friday on behalf of a group of community activists and religious leaders.
The lawsuit claims that the controversial measure violates the principle of the separation of church and state contained in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The plaintiffs, which include Mississippi ministers, community leaders, civic activists and a Hattiesburg church, are asking the federal court to issue an injunction blocking the bill from taking effect July 1.
The lawsuit asserts that by enacting HB 1523, the Legislature and Gov. Phil Bryant endorsed certain narrow religious beliefs that:
The lawsuit claims that the controversial measure violates the principle of the separation of church and state contained in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The plaintiffs, which include Mississippi ministers, community leaders, civic activists and a Hattiesburg church, are asking the federal court to issue an injunction blocking the bill from taking effect July 1.
The lawsuit asserts that by enacting HB 1523, the Legislature and Gov. Phil Bryant endorsed certain narrow religious beliefs that:
- Condemn same-sex couples who get married
- Condemn unmarried people who have sexual relations
- Condemn transgender people
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/06/03/another-lawsuit-filed-over-hb-1523/85355500/