Bryan Adams cancels Miss. show citing state's new anti-gay 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 that state's new law blocking anti-discrimination rules for the LGBT community. The Mississippi law will take effect July 1. The "Religious Liberty Accommodations Act" prohibits the government from taking "any discriminatory action" against religious organizations that decline to host marriages, employ people ...