“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.
I love Mississippi. Anybody down there want to adopt me?
Just how crazy are these governors…
What a bunch of whiners, its a free country go where you want or like, these officials making statements to endear themselves to lgbt voters are just such hipocrites. You might decide not to allow your employees to travel to such states on your dime but you cant tell people where they can or cant go, enough of this bull c**p. We do not live in a tyranical state. Dont speak against climate chage or we will fine you, feed the children Michells c**p food of we will pull funding, do thi do that or else. What the hell when did a democracy become a constant barrage of threats
How is not wanting my daughter to share a restroom with an adult man anti-lgbt (or whatever). Do enlighten me.
What’s the Country coming too if we can’t stand for what we believe without big Corporations forcing us to conform to their point of view?
BS
Who cares what a bunch of libtard politicians say
So in essence, these 3 states are holding their caltive!
We are in the USA we can go where ever we want and city officials don’t even have the right to tell there citizens where to go and travel who the hell do you think you are who ever banned travel needs to relize what country there
No one can tell anyone where they can or cannot go, so this is a stupid article, and how would they know where u are going