Mississippi Anti-LGBT Law: Judge Carlton Reeves Blocks Law Permitting Denial Of Services To Gay Couples

A federal judge in Mississippi issued an injunction late Thursday blocking a law that supported denial of wedding services to homosexual couples on religious grounds. The move came less than an hour before the law was to go into effect Friday.

In a 60-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote that it is “the state's attempt to put LGBT citizens back in their place” in response to last June’s Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage across the United States.