This nondiscrimination sticker is in the window of Steve’s, a downtown Jackson, Miss., restaurant, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Owners Steve Long and his wife are among a number of business owners who practice nondiscrimination with their clientele. But a Mississippi
This nondiscrimination sticker is in the window of Steve’s, a downtown Jackson, Miss., restaurant, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Owners Steve Long and his wife are among a number of business owners who practice nondiscrimination with their clientele. But a Mississippi law that lets government workers and business people cite their own religious objections to refuse services to gay couples, is set to go into effect Friday because a federal appeals court refused to keep blocking it. Advocates of same-sex marriage said Monday, that they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to strike it down. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)