“Thou shalt not travel to Mississippi” demand the governors of Washington, New York, and Vermont. Mississippi’s new legislation is believed to be mean spirited and discriminatory and thus these governors feel it is in their power to limit travel of their own citizenry.
Reminiscent of the big brother behavior of the Mayor of San Fransisco, who made similar demands of city employees banning travel to North Carolina, these governors are overstepping their authority.
The mayoral panties are all twisted up because North Carolina has passed legislation preventing anti-discrimination protection for lesbian, gay and transgender people thus nullifying a Charlotte ordinance that allowed for transgender bathroom use of the opposite gender.
City workers were banned by the Lee from “non-essential” travel to North Carolina, Truth and Action reports.
The Mississippi legislation is viewed as discriminatory against the LGBT community, yet in actuality it protects all citizens of Mississippi from government over reach by protecting “sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions of individuals, organizations and private associations.”
Citizens of Mississippi who hold religious convictions are given the freedom to exercise their faith without repudiation. Under this legislation, people of faith will be protected if they deny wedding services to same-sex couples. It also allows employers to take their religious beliefs to inform such work place values such as dress code and bathroom or locker access.
The legislation does not remove civil rights from any one group, but strengthens the First Amendment for all.
Mylinda Sutton-Leverett bull. They are still citizens and free to travel where they so choose
am going to both states no one is going to tell me i cant
Haven’t heard of anyone who wanted to go there..
They, governors & mayors, have no right to tell citizens where they can & can’t go. If I were a citizen of their town or state, I would go there & send them a post card!!!!!!!
It’s a free country
Yea Mississipi! Stand firm!
States have NO authority to ban travel to any other state regardless of what the reason!! Tell the Governor to suck it up buttercup. I can go wherever I want in this good ol United States and that’s a fact Jack!!!
What a bunch of Hippocrates, don’t like anybody who has different opinions then they do.
Insanity, no. Stupidity,yes. And anyone who heeds these states false bravado,are stupid as well.
They can’t stop travel to Mississippi, If they have this much power then stop illegal aliens from comming here.