“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.
Sounds like a good plan to me. Stay out!
What country is this? People you need to wake up to the fact you have been pacified, and pussyfied, they undereducated your children, they brainwash you with constant bull$#%&!@*in media. Wake the$#%&!@*up……This is the land of the free only when the home of the brave follows and means something to the masses.
You are more than welcome, just use the men’s room..haha
Who do they think they are. This is not a dictatorship. Well, at least not yet.
Anyone else think it’s long overdue for government spring cleaning? Their every action signals to us that we are their slaves. I don’t need the government to do anything, least of all intruding into the private affairs of Americans. All this recognition by the government has only allowed them to take more of our already very limited freedoms. The government has no business being involved in a couple’s life. They erroneously think it is up to them to redefine or define anything in any way they want! This government is way too big.
We have real issues facing our country , this is nonsense .
Who gives a$#%&!@*if they do not go to Mississippi,we all have our rights to free speech.Mine is I better never see a$#%&!@*dressed like a female in the bathroom with my granddaughters.I will be in jail and that$#%&!@*will be in the hospital.
yeah, only until they fix the roads, I was in a semi, and nearly hit top of my head on roof, like my as$ left the chair for 10 seconds, going over a bridge in Mississippi never have I ever seen worse roads and I’ve been everywhere on mainland besides west coast.
People should not have to fear going to the bathroom because someone with a penis decides to put on a dress and is now afraid to go to the men’s bathroom or uses it as a way to assault women or children. Just because your head is messed up doesn’t mean it’s onto impose your issues on others.
I like Mississippi even more now!