This past week the Mississippi lawmakers passed the bill that will possibly invite discrimination back into Mississippi. The "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act" is always for businesses and restaurants, or any company, to refuse service to gays, blacks, or different religions if they don't want to.
It is said that the bill, "allows state employees to refuse to issue same- sex-marriage licenses and protects private companies and religious groups from being punished for denying a range of services to LGBT people," NPR said.
Governor Phil Bryant of Mississippi was urged to not sign the bill because people agreed with the fact that it would send Mississippi back many decades of progress and it could turn on the state very easy.
On the other side, Georgia decided to not sign the bill for they were worried they would lose much of their income coming from movie productions that have become popular in Atlanta along with Coke Company. Even though the decision for Georgia was decided in a way that was more focused on the money than what they thought was morally right, Georgia still stood behind Mississippi before the signing in the hopes the Governor would not sign.
In the years to come the nation will see if this bill destroys or grows the state and continues its path away from how the state was not too long ago.
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