ACLU of Mississippi fights back against Religious Accommodations Act
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - The fight to strike down the Religious Accommodations Act is ramping up. The controversial law took effect Tuesday. It is designed to protect specific religious beliefs without retribution from the state. The ACLU preparing to challenge what they call legalized discrimination
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi says the only way to challenge the law is to get the courts involved and they plan to do just that and they won't be giving up anytime soon.
“Just because the law has gone into effect, that does not mean the fight ends,” said ACLU Staff Attorney Joshua Tom.
He says the organization is shocked and saddened this Religious Freedom Law would only protect businesses and people with moral beliefs that include marriage between a man and a woman; no sex outside of such marriage; and a person's gender is determined at birth.
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