Religious-Liberty Scholars Pen Letter to Mississippi House

Professors Robert Tuttle and Ira Lupu joined eight other law professors in writing a letter urging the Mississippi legislature to reject the state's proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act bill, which would allow businesses to refuse service to customers based on religious beliefs. The legal scholars, all experts on the topic of religious liberty, wrote that the bill would send the message that religiously justified refusals of service are superior to state or local laws against discrimination. After facing opposition, the Mississippi legislature chose to create a committee to study the bill in lieu of a previously planned final vote yesterday.