IN RE BROWN

Misc. No. 1954.

478 So.2d 1033 (1985)

In re Mattie BROWN a/k/a Delores Brown.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry W. Gilmer, Samuel B. Magruder, Jr., Gilmer & Jones, Jackson, for appellant.

Cynthia L. Hewes, Michael C. Wallace, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Man has long sought to live according to his religious beliefs and to be let alone in the process. So living we yearn to be free of societal opprobrium and state interference. The lesson of history is that, because we are diverse, the existence of the former will lead to the latter, in consequence of which we have for all time vested each person with a legal shield adequate of design to thwart state impingement.

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