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No, That Is Not How 'Religious Freedom' Works At All

Judge Reeves did not let that one stand.

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Rainbow_flag_and_blue_skiesMatters of life and death are sui generis. If movants truly believe that providing services to LGBT citizens forces them to “tinker with the machinery of death,” their animus exceeds anything seen in Romer, Windsor, or the marriage equality cases.

— U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, slapping down Mississippi’s anti LGBTQ “religious freedom” law. Critics have noted the state law would sanction discrimination against individuals based on their sexual orientation. Judge Reeves was particularly irritated with the state’s argument that the law’s opt-out provision was analogous to permitting opt-outs from going to war or performing abortions.

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