“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.
Just got home from Mississippi. Had a wonderful and will be going back just as soon as I can. Great place and great people. Hope to see ya’ll again real. Soon!!!! Sybil
Timmy I’d be concerned for the masculine hunky transgender men who still have vaginas being forced to use female bathrooms although they look male. Not that it would matter because generally they aren’t pedaphiles but the you gotta follow the law. And for women out there please dont let the likes of me, a transgender woman to visit your state and be forced to use the men’s restroom abiding your law because your men, husband’s, boyfriends etc will keep me busy servicing them with my extensive history of having been an$#%&!@*and professional lover of the male genitilia, although I appear to be female but your law is your law.
Tell them to Go Fly A KITE in NC!!!!!!!!
THIS IS AMERICA TURBO, NOT STALINIST RUSSIA. WE CAN GO ANYWHERE WE WANT ANYTIME WE WANT.
Pagan governors?
What about States rights.
I believe the words I’m looking for are FOAD.
That’s ok! I will feel safer visiting Mississippi and NC!!!
Now that’s stupid
Shhhhh! That means hordes of intelligent people will be moving to Ms and NC. They won’t be able to handle the volume!