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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Or, in other words, what happens in Mississippi might not stay in Mississippi. “I think to many people HB 1523 was kind of a bellwether of what’s going to be allowed in other states or on the ...

The bill, HB 1523, easily passed the Mississippi House and Senate and now must return to the House for some revisions before heading to Governor Phil Bryant’s desk. The Republican governor has ...

Unlike other “religious liberty” measures, Mississippi’s law, HB 1523, singled out LGBTQ people for unequal treatment, explicitly legalizing discrimination against them as a class.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday signed into law House Bill 1523, a measure that prevents government agencies from taking action against state employees, individuals, organizations and ...

"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 ...