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Another Challenge Filed to Mississippi Gay Marriage Law
Source: Associated Press
Another Challenge Filed to Mississippi Gay Marriage Law
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — May 10, 2016, 3:09 PM ET
Another group is challenging a Mississippi law that will let workers cite their own religious objections to same-sex marriage to deny services to people.
Campaign for Southern Equality and two lesbian couples filed papers Tuesday seeking to reopen their 2014 federal lawsuit that challenged Mississippi's definition of marriage as only between a man and a woman.
Their filing came a day after a gay couple and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit challenging the new religious-objections bill set to become law July 1.
Roberta Kaplan of New York, lead attorney in the Campaign for Southern Equality case, is asking a judge to order Mississippi clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples without delay.
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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — May 10, 2016, 3:09 PM ET
Another group is challenging a Mississippi law that will let workers cite their own religious objections to same-sex marriage to deny services to people.
Campaign for Southern Equality and two lesbian couples filed papers Tuesday seeking to reopen their 2014 federal lawsuit that challenged Mississippi's definition of marriage as only between a man and a woman.
Their filing came a day after a gay couple and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit challenging the new religious-objections bill set to become law July 1.
Roberta Kaplan of New York, lead attorney in the Campaign for Southern Equality case, is asking a judge to order Mississippi clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples without delay.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/challenge-filed-mississippi-gay-marriage-law-39014143
