MS legislators are in the final two weeks of their session, and filing a new bill requires two-thirds approval of the House and Senate. “Then, the Speaker will have to allow it to come up for a vote on the floor”.
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Rep. Jay Hughes, D-Oxford, late Monday sent notice of a Tuesday-morning press conference to announce the introduction of a “concurrent suspension resolution meant to suspend the rules and regular deadlines” in the House. “Assuming all pass, it would go to the Gov”.
Hughes said his resolution is not about places of worship.
“This idea of Georgia not going down the road of a North Carolina and a MS, and experiencing the type of backlash because of these religious freedom bills, that’s something that job creators and savvy business leaders respect and appreciate”, Boyd said.
“Churches already have an absolute right to dictate their activities”.
“The economy is struggling and we were short $200,000,000 just this year and somehow we seem focused on passing a bill that will kill our economy”, said Representative Hughes. “So I want to have a chance to repeal this bill so that we do not become what our neighbors and strangers perceive us to be”.
Representatives Hughes has gathered signatures in support of repealing the bill.
In Mississippi, the legislation prevents state government from punishing people who refuse to provide services to others because of a religious opposition to same-sex marriage, extramarital sex or transgender people.
“A “Suspension Resolution” will have to be filed in the House”.
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Rock star Bryan Adams canceled his concert in Biloxi this week and 95 MS authors, including John Grisham, are calling for the repeal of the bill.
