Tags: Mississippi

US companies' executives have signed a letter urging the Mississippi governor to repeal the recently passed law that is deemed discriminatory to LGBT people.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed executive orders to prohibit discrimination by state contractors against the LGBT community. This is a stark contrast to other states passing laws against the community in the past days.

Executives of several major U.S. corporations urged Mississippi on Wednesday to repeal a new state law that allows businesses to deny wedding services to same-sex couples on religious grounds.