At least 24 companies publicly opposing Mississippi's law allowing discrimination against LGBT people have helped finance the election of the law's sponsors and the governor who signed it. A similar pattern held in North Carolina, which is embroiled in controversy over its own anti-LGBT law.
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A rally outside the governor's mansion in Mississippi took aim against a new state law that discriminates against LGBT people. Companies opposing the law have donated money that helped elect the law's proponents. (Image from the Human Rights Campaign's Facebook page.)
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<p>A rally outside the governor's mansion in Mississippi took aim against a new state law that discriminates against LGBT people. Companies opposing the law have donated money that helped elect the law's proponents. (Image from the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/humanrightscampaign/photos/pb.18813753280.-2207520000.1461347690./10154140865813281/?type=3&theater">Human Rights Campaign's Facebook page</a>.)</p>