“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.
Stupid.
Reading all the hoopla on the bathroom thing and the liberal states that want to boycott travel and trade in NC, Mississippi, and soon SC, then it dawned on me…..The South is rising again without a shot being fired…who knew all you had to do was make men pee in the mens room.
Good luck enforcing it!
Who TF do this idiot politicians think they are???!!! I’m glad I don’t live in any of those states but if I did I would LOVE to tell them where they can stick it!!!
Liberal Yankees need to stay away – too many of ’em here now.
Some Grown ups these days act like immature idiots, it’s no wonder today’s generation is screwed up, because most have immature idiots for parents….
When did we get kings again…lol
Why try to keep hurting the poorest state in the union?
Travel ban not possible! How you gonna do it? Put a check point? Stupid nonsense liberal minded people!
The state is celebrating!!!