“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 in N.C. and I praise Miss. for their strong stand. I do not want perverts in the women’s bathroom with me or my grandchildren, God Bless N.C. and mississipi
Good. That will keep the pervs out, and no one can tell us where to travel.
When did a mayor of out of state city have any powers to stop people from traveling to another state. All they done is make them selves look like total idiots.
This is the U.S. They voted on it let em have it. Damn Big Goverment
I hereby ban myself from traveling to San Francisco, Washington State, New York State, and Vermont so long as the people of these places continue to elect MORONS who make such idiotic statements !!
Thank you Mississippi!!
That’s the way to keep the libatards out!
So now some power drunk$#%&!@*thinks he can ban people from travel ??
Either way it’s discriminatory. Either were discriminating against those for it or were discriminating against those against it. Different strokes for different folks. Grow up people. This isn’t Burger King. You can’t always have it “your way.” No wonder other countries laugh at us. We’re a country of whiney$#%&!@*babies! How embarrassing.
No State can tell anybody what I can travel I’m going to Mississippi I love what they’ve done people need to stand up the weirdos