The law allows people to refuse to provide wide-ranging services by citing the religious grounds, from baking a wedding cake for a same-sex couple to counseling and fertility services. (Reuters) - A day before it was due to come into effect, a federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law permitting those with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and impose dress and bathroom restrictions on transgender people. He agreed with opponents of the law who argued that it violated the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on making laws that establish religion. Reeves issued an injunction blocking the law that was to take effect on Friday. The law "does not honor that tradition of religion freedom, nor does it respect the equal dignity of all of Mississippi’s citizens," Reeves wrote in his decision.

Source: Huffington Post July 01, 2016 06:36 UTC