CNN’s Banfield: Miss. Religious Freedom Bill Covering Premarital Sex Should Be Bigger Story

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BANFIELD: There was one other piece of language — and I’m going to have to paraphrase it — but it’s odd. It stood out to me as something that might actually generate more interest from those who otherwise might have dismissed this, or felt that they had connection to this particular legislation. The law in Mississippi protects from discrimination claims from anyone who believes that marriage is between one man and woman — so if the cake-maker doesn’t want to bake a cake for a same-sex marriage, they get the protection from a discrimination lawsuit. And then, there’s this: and that sexual relations are reserved solely for marriage. So, I wasn’t aware of that until I just happened to notice it today. Does that mean that cake-baker could refuse a couple that just lives together — to bake a cake for someone who just lives together?
TOOBIN: Absolutely; absolutely. That’s — that’s exactly what it means—
BANFIELD: Why is that not making bigger headlines? Because that affects millions and millions of people. I think a lot of people are, sort of, beyond the whole you can’t have sex before you’re married issue.