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

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• ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI ‘TRIGGER LAW’ TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS SUPREME COURT LIBERAT: GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE
• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

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

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 Seem farfetched that gay marriage uld be repealed? The Supreme Court approved gay marriage by a slim 5-4 marg the 2015 Obergefell v.

GAY MARRIAGE

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. 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. 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.

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Still, do not be surprised if some policians attempt to overturn gay marriage if Roe v.