{"id":19015,"date":"2017-10-06T18:42:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T18:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=19015"},"modified":"2017-10-06T18:42:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T18:42:27","slug":"mississippis-anti-lgbtq-law-take-effect-following-circuit-court-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/10\/mississippis-anti-lgbtq-law-take-effect-following-circuit-court-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi\u2019s anti-LGBTQ law to take effect following circuit court decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GayMississippi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GayMississippi.jpg 590w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GayMississippi-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><br \/>\nIn a disappointing setback to LGBTQ Mississippians, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to rehear a case challenging the wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ bill in the state of Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.familyequality.org\/mississippis-anti-lgbtq-law-to-take-effect-following-circuit-court-decision-bce91495ff5e\" target=\"_blank\">Family Equality Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mississippi HB 1523 grants a license to discriminate against LGBTQ residents and places children in danger.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi HB 1523 includes protections for three religious beliefs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marriage should be recognized as a union between one man and one woman;<\/li>\n<li>sexual relations are reserved for those marriages; and<\/li>\n<li>a person\u2019s gender refers to his or her biological sex assigned at birth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sweeping bill authorizes Mississippi officials and service providers, such as doctors and store owners\u200a\u2014\u200aand, unfortunately for children, child welfare agencies including foster and adoption service providers\u200a\u2014\u200ato recuse themselves from serving LGBTQ individuals and families on the basis of these beliefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a disappointing setback to LGBTQ Mississippians, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to rehear a case challenging<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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