{"id":30587,"date":"2016-05-20T14:07:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T18:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=30587"},"modified":"2016-05-20T15:30:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T19:30:49","slug":"mississippi-religious-freedom-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mississippi has enacted a new law that says people of faith can refuse to provide services to gay people if they think such services violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.\u00a0 As correspondent Lucky Severson reports, supporters of the law insist it will protect religious freedom. Critics say it will permit unconstitutional discrimination.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cJust as there are sometimes some Christians who have wanted to drive everyone who disagrees with us out of the public square, I think we\u2019re facing some secularists who would like to drive people of sincerely held religious conviction out of the public square as well,\u201d says Rev. Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention\u2019s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":30532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","topics-culture-and-society","topics-ethics","topics-faith-and-spirituality","faith-christianity"],"yoast_head":"\nMississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law | May 20, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law | May 20, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-20T18:07:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-20T19:30:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/03\/1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adesanyai\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adesanyai\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adesanyai\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746\"},\"headline\":\"Mississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-20T18:07:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-20T19:30:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":58,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Videocast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law | May 20, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-20T18:07:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-20T19:30:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/20\\\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\\\/30587\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/1.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/search-results\\\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746\",\"name\":\"adesanyai\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/author\\\/adesanyai\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law | May 20, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law | May 20, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/","og_site_name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"2016-05-20T18:07:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-20T19:30:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/03\/1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"adesanyai","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"adesanyai"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/"},"author":{"name":"adesanyai","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746"},"headline":"Mississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law","datePublished":"2016-05-20T18:07:31+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-20T19:30:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/"},"wordCount":58,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/03\/1.jpg","articleSection":["Videocast"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/","name":"Mississippi \u201cReligious Freedom\u201d Law | May 20, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/03\/1.jpg","datePublished":"2016-05-20T18:07:31+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-20T19:30:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/05\/20\/mississippi-religious-freedom-law\/30587\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/03\/1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/03\/1.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/cc812c913917c82ca71eacab84046746","name":"adesanyai","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/adesanyai\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30587"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30710,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30587\/revisions\/30710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}