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Alan Cumming Just Blasted Mississippi’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Law

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Alan Cumming condemned the new “religious freedom” law in Mississippi because he thinks it’s hypocritical.

Alan Cumming criticizes Mississippi for religious freedom law

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During an interview with Page Six Tuesday, the “Good Wife” actor — who married his husband in 2007 — criticized the “religious freedom” law, which allows religious groups and private organizations to refuse service to same-sex couples. (RELATED: Billy Ray Cyrus’s Fans SLAM Him For Criticizing ‘Religious Freedom’ Law In Mississippi)

“In this country there’s such confusion about what religious freedom means,” Cumming said.

“I don’t see how a gay person, or an LGBT person just existing in this world, how that can be impeding on anyone’s religious freedoms and I have to challenge anyone who supports that law by saying, ‘Surely your God is a kind God and if you’re looking at the Bible and Jesus as your book of rules then I think you should look at it again to see that he’s actually a kind person and he would not approve of suddenly being prejudice against people just because of who they are.'”

Cumming added that he is not “a religious person.”

“I don’t use the Bible as my rule book, but if you’re going to throw that at me, I think you should look at it again.”

“I don’t see how anyone can be impeded by me existing in the world. I think it’s just another excuse for hatred and persecution and it’s very, very dangerous.” (RELATED: These Celebrities Want To Punish Conservative States)