On Tuesday, supporters of gay marriage appealed to the U.S. Supreme court, requesting the repeal of a new law in Mississippi that allows the state officials and private businessmen to refuse representatives of the LGBT community in their services, as this may be contrary to their religious beliefs.
The petition to the Supreme court were filed just hours after the law came into force. Experts call this law the loudest regarding failure on the basis of religion, of the accepted in the whole country after the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015.
What the law says about marriage and gender
The controversial law was signed by the Governor, Republican Phil Bryant in 2016, the Federal court postponed its adoption to the present time. Fresh law stipulates that marriage shall be entered into only between members of the opposite sex, intimate relations should take place only in such a marriage and also what gender of a person is determined at birth and further, it cannot be changed.
Substitution of concepts
Supporters of gay marriage call the law is a transparent attempt to undermine the principles of equality, including against members of the LGBT community. Lawyers for the plaintiffs say that by adopting the disputed bill officials are trying to substitute the policy of the state to certain religious beliefs.
It is unclear whether the court to consider the petition, or it will leave it without attention.
The rehabilitation of law and the appeal
The law of Mississippi allows the authorities to invoke religious beliefs to deny same-sex couples in issuing marriage licenses, and protects entrepreneurs who have denied service to sexual minorities. The reservation can also affect the adoption process, the issues associated with doing business and other important spheres of life.
In July 2016, the district judge Carlton Reeves has not allowed the law of the state of Mississippi to take effect, ruling that it is unconstitutional, as it encourages discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
On 22 June, the panel of judges of the 5th circuit court of appeals, the United States reversed this decision, arguing his action by the fact that the plaintiffs could not prove that they would suffer damage. The plaintiffs appealed to the court of appeal, hoping to reverse the decision of the Board, but on 29 September the judge rejected their appeal. This made possible the entry of the law into force.
