“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.
Unconstitutional !
KMA !!!
That’s my point, Connie. You are typecasting. Not all of these strange people are out to molest. I do think it opens that door, but not all of the are child molesters. I don’t want them in the same bathroom either. But I think it’s harsh to typecast. That’s like saying all people who lived in$#%&!@*Germany were murderers. There are those type of people in EVERY walk of life. The woman in the stall next to you could be a molester…
good$#%&!@*all 3 states…..
The dictators have spoken: no travel to Mississippi….
Are they going to arrest those that don’t comply?
I Don’t want some creep in the bathroom with my daughter.
PC run riot!! I will now choose Mississippi as my vacation spot. And I’ve always loved and gone to NC. And will never set foot in Vermont, NY or California!! Liberalism is a CANCER.
If you feel that way, Mississippi probably doesn’t want you to visit anyway!!!!! Really!
They did some thing right for this to happen.
I hope they ban Alabama too!