More: 5 things you need to know about HB 1523 More: Miss. U.S. Senator to Trump: Protect religious freedom In 2016, the Mississippi Legislature passed the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from ...

U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi Judge Carlton Reeves stopped Mississippi's controversial HB 1523, the Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Religious Discrimination Act, in its tracks.

Individuals and groups opposed to Mississippi's House Bill 1523 religious objections to gay marriage legislation have asked the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow U.S. District Judge ...

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is not a fan of the First Amendment. We know this because last April, Bryant signed HB 1523, a disturbing law singling out three specific anti-LGBTQ religious beliefs ...

Yes, her faults are many, but Mississippi has found ways to progress, which should be rightfully highlighted. Take the passage of HB 1523. For a long time, the black community wasn’t exactly an ...

"Due to the controversy, the protests, and our own intensely felt dismay over HB 1523, we deeply regret that the Mississippi Picnic cannot go forward. "Our mission back in 1980 was to showcase a ...

GULFPORT -- Amid the shouting -- out loud and in print -- over HB 1523, Benjamin Morris wanted ... was one of 95 authors with Mississippi ties who signed a statement calling for the law's repeal ...