“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 live there and I wouldn’t go to ga either if my house was not there. Hell I think I might get on the leaving America bandwagon, this place is going to hell.
You’re a Tool for being so easily manipulated and believing that anyone would have the right to trample the protected rights of others in order to assert theirs… If it can even be considered a Protected Right
p**s off goves its still a free country we can go where we want to your authority ends a t the state line
Now I know three states to vacation this summer without Whitney northeaster or kalfornia liberals to ruin it.
I love Mississippi !
Liberal stomp’in and hissfitt’in!!!
To all who voted for obama once. Blind sided by hope and change. But to vote for him twice this is your fault. So your all to blame for the america we have today. I cant be mean or upset with you. My God will forgive me as i will forgive you. But in the end Jesus is the KING OF KINGS. Maybe you be saved by the GRACE of God.
The up side of this travel ban from the States is that it saves taxpayers so much money to fund for these non-essential trips, which is like a vacation to these officials anyway. Keep banning it!! In fact, cut more of these “pork” to save people’s money.
Tim Slagle as it should be!
“Citizens if Mississippi who hold religious convictions are given the freedom to exercise their faith without repudiation.” You can still get married in the state of Mississippi but you can not force someone who has religious conflicts with same sex marriage to marry you!!!
I totally agree with you, However, that is not what they are doing. They will not allow stated FUNDED travel, not much of a difference, but there still is a difference, They are not telling everyone that they can’t go there,