U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Intact Mississippi Law Curbing Gay Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a Mississippi law that lets businesses and government workers refuse on religious grounds to provide services to gay and transgender people.
Demonstrators hold signs and flags in support of David Mullins and husband Charlie Craig outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017.
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The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a Mississippi law that lets businesses and government workers refuse on religious grounds to provide services to gay and transgender people.
The justices turned away two appeals by state residents and organizations that contended the measure violates the Constitution. A federal appeals court said the opponents hadn’t suffered any injury that would let them press their claims in court.