{"id":9014,"date":"2014-04-26T21:31:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=9014"},"modified":"2014-04-27T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T12:03:05","slug":"mississippi-business-owners-protest-states-anti-gay-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2014\/04\/mississippi-business-owners-protest-states-anti-gay-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi business owners protest state&#8217;s anti-gay law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mississippi42614.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9017\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mississippi42614.jpg\" alt=\"mississippi42614\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mississippi42614.jpg 700w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mississippi42614-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mississippi business owners who support equal treatment for gays and lesbians are pushing back against a new law that bans government from limiting the free practice of religion.<\/p>\n<p>Critics worry that the law, which takes effect July 1, will prompt authorities to look away from anti-gay actions that are carried out in the name of religious beliefs \u2014 for example, photographers refusing to take pictures for same-sex couples because they believe homosexuality is a sin.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of businesses have started displaying round blue window stickers that declare: &#8220;We don&#8217;t discriminate. 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