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JFP Staff Blog archive for July, 2016

July 1, 2016

Release: Ministers, Community Leaders Applaud H.B. 1523 Court Decision

By Donna Ladd

Verbatim release: A group of Mississippi ministers, community leaders, civic activists, and a Hattiesburg church who filed the first lawsuit challenging House Bill 1523 on the ground that it violates the principle of the separation of church and state, today applaud the decision of U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, who agreed with their arguments and issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the controversial law from taking effect on July 1.