Mississippi Businesses Delighted to Sell You That Gay Wedding Cake
LatestSeveral annoyed Mississippi business owners would very much like America to know that they are more than happy to serve gay and lesbian customers, as long as their money is green.
The AP reports on the response to the state’s recently passed “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” which takes effect July 1. The law, as the L.A. Times explained, demands a “compelling interest” for the state to place a “substantial burden” on someone’s “exercise of religion,” and makes way for individuals to sue on those grounds. It doesn’t explicitly mention gays, but opponents see it as catering to the apparently rampant fear that a holy-roller wedding photographer might be forced into close proximity with a gay wedding.