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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBryan Adams Cancels Mississippi Show Over State's 'Religious Freedom' Law
BILOXI, Miss. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is canceling a performance this week in Mississippi, citing the state's new law that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to gay couples.
Adams said in a statement Sunday night that he was canceling a show Thursday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi.
The singer says he can't "in good conscience" perform in a state where "certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their sexual orientation."
The move comes after Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band canceled a Sunday show in Greensboro, North Carolina, because of the state's new law blocking anti-discrimination rules for the LGBT community.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bryan-adams-cancels-mississippi-show-over-state-s-religious-freedom-n554001
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2naSalit
(86,765 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Alas, the record company nixed it.
treestar
(82,383 posts)is there really any effect? It's not the fault of his relatively low number of fans who would come hear him that the majority of the state is whacko. Seems to penalize the wrong people. The rest are glad he's not coming to be a liberal there.