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“You can be a Christian and have fellowship with people that you would not marry and that God does not want you to marry and that if you should marry you would be marrying outside of the will of God. Why can’t you see that? Why can’t good, solid, substantial people who do not have any prejudices and do not have any hatred and do not have any bitterness see...
Governor Phil Bryant might have a few more enemies following a statement he made last week regarding working moms. In a Washington Post Live interview, Bryant responded to a question regarding the decline of our country’s education by stating the cause was “both parents started working … the mom got in the work place.” One would hope that the statement was...
Today Gov. Phil Bryant signs the state’s newly passed education legislation into law. The law allows for the growth of charter schools in the state, and this change concerns legislators who contend that these schools will decrease the quality of the state’s public education system and leave failing schools with fewer options. Other lawmakers contend that charter schools...
Effective next year, those convicted of a first-time DUI in Mississippi will be assigned by a judge to either a 90-day license suspension or a 30-day suspension and the use of an ignition interlock device for six months. First-time DUI offenders will face two options once convicted due to a new law intended to strengthen DUI laws in Mississippi. Gov. Phil Bryant signed...
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law policies that will allow students at public schools a limited public forum to express their religious views. Prayer is no longer taboo in Mississippi‘s public schools beginning July 1, just in time for the 2013-14 academic year. On March 14, Gov. Phil Bryant signed the law, which allows public school students to pray at...
A bill was recently passed in the Mississippi state legislature that will prevent local governments from putting limits on the portions of food available for sale. Gov. Phil Bryant recently signed Bill 2687, dubbed the Anti-Bloomberg Bill, which will prevent local governments from enacting rules that limit portion sizes. The bill was drafted as a response to New York City...
