Tag Archives: Governor Phil Bryant

June 17, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: Senate votes today

President Obama is preparing to sign the long-sought executive order protecting LGBT employees of federal contractors. The Senate will vote today on two openly gay nominees to the federal bench.

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April 4, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: Mississippi signs

MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR SIGNS: Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act Thursday, saying it “will protect the individual religious freedom of Mississippians of all faiths from government interference.” The ACLU says the law, though less problematic than

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February 27, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: Backing off bias

Arizona governor vetoes religious bias bill in that state. A House subcommittee guts the religious bias language in a similar bill in Mississippi. A federal judge in Texas says that state's marriage bans are unconstitutional.

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