“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.
Sorry, but States boycotting States isn’t a very good idea. Each Sovereign State, has the right/obligation/duty to pass laws per the wishes of their People. If a State doesn’t like the law in another State….then they don’t have to have the same law in their State. This is more corrupt government childish BS.
Has all GOVERMENT persons been into bad weed are WHAT!!! This getting insane an dangerous!! WAKE UP AN GET AMERICA BACK ON TRACK LIKE WE PAY YOU TO DO!!!!
I think it is morally wrong to judge somebody because of their sexual preference it is none of anybody’s business who sleeps with who yet this law opens the door for discrimination on a larger level it is wrong
That is against the law it called interfering with interstate commerce not even the federal government can do that. The can stop the spending of there state money’s in that state by canceling conventions ect.but it will most likely be made up by other groups
They can’t even keep ppl from other countries out, how they going to do that, ppl will not stand for it.
What will the other state’s do, have tow trucks at the state line and drag your vehicle back across the Mississippi state line ?
At least those states won’t be allowing their perverts to go to Mississippi
The “banned” states should reciprocate and prohibit travel to or making official purchases from or to the states doing the banning.
Liberals are so tolerant! Violation of the Constitution!
Can anyone tell me how my a state could keep me from traveling to mississippi if i wanted to