Another Mississippi 'trigger law' to keep an eye on as Supreme Court liberat: gay marriage - Mississippi Today

Contents:

• METRO AREA CHURCH OPEN TO PERFORMG GAY WEDDG CEREMONI
• ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI ‘TRIGGER LAW’ TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS SUPREME COURT LIBERAT: GAY MARRIAGE
• OPENLY GAY JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLIN AVOIDS CENSURE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS JACKSON, MS
• MISSISSIPPI ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS GAY MARRIAG STILL NNOT MENCE STATE

METRO AREA CHURCH OPEN TO PERFORMG GAY WEDDG CEREMONI

JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - There are church the metro area open to same sex upl wantg a church Jackson mister is welg gay upl and openg their sanctuary when they want to tie the Jt McCreary wh Unarian Universalist Church of Jackson is ready to open the doors of the church to same sex upl who want to church has been Jackson sce 1951, and McCreary said has a history of openns and forward 36 year old mister thought he would be performg his first official ceremony Friday, as he waed wh a same sex uple at the Hds County Courthoe. As the day went on was sad to me as I stood and I watched as they waed and waed and waed and fally they were turned away, " said when they or any other gay uple are ready to exchange their vows the church up to six ordaed misters will be wag wh open arms.

Amber Kirkendoll says the church passed a rolutn 2005 to support same sex McCreary said a gay uple is schled to be married at Unarian Universalist Church September.

Supreme Court ever overturns s 2015 lg legalizg gay marriag, Mississippi has an existg law — even a provisn the state Constutn — banng same-sex marriage. Seem farfetched that gay marriage uld be repealed?

ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI ‘TRIGGER LAW’ TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS SUPREME COURT LIBERAT: GAY MARRIAGE

The Supreme Court approved gay marriage by a slim 5-4 marg the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodg se, wh nservative jtic argug that the right to gay marriage was not the U. The state approved placg the ban on gay marriage the Mississippi Constutn 2004.

OPENLY GAY JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLIN AVOIDS CENSURE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

No unty voted agast the provisn placg a ban on gay marriage the state Constutn.

And to highlight what a hot-button issue gay marriage remas Mississippi, legislators 2016 passed a bill that allows public officials to opt out of providg servic to same-sex upl, such as issug a marriage license, and allows private bs not to provi servic to gay upl.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS JACKSON, MS

That legislatn, which still ensur the state will issue a marriage license to a gay uple even if a clerk opts out of providg the service, has not been overturned by the feral urts.

In addn, pollg 2017 by the Public Relign Rearch Instute found only three stat where a majory or pluraly opposed gay marriage: Mississippi, Alabama and Wt Virgia.

Granted, at least one key obstacle to the Supreme Court overturng gay marriage is that there are already tens of thoands of upl who have married sce the 2015 lg. Still, do not be surprised if some policians attempt to overturn gay marriage if Roe v. –It’s happened before, and they’ve been nied bee gay marriage is illegal Mississippi.

MISSISSIPPI ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS GAY MARRIAG STILL NNOT MENCE STATE

Now more gay upl plan on applyg for marriage licens Tuday, even though an amendment to Mississippi’s nstutn f marriage as between a man and a woman.

Gay and lbian upl started applyg for marriage licens wh moments of a U. Supreme Court lg that legaliz gay marriage natnwi. Hood, a Democrat, said a feral appeals urt New Orleans mt first lift a hold on a gay-marriage urt se om Mississippi.

Two lbian upl and a gay-rights group, Campaign for Southern Equaly, sued Mississippi last year over the state's 1997 law and 2004 voter-approved nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage.