“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 don’t think Mississippi will suffer to much from these liberal states wanting to boycott them. Do any of those idiot governors have young grand children and would they want the perverts coming out of the wood work going in the rest rooms with the young ones?
Seems like bullying tactics to me….
If your not a resident of Mississippi, keep your opinions to yourself!!
I’ll travel where I want!
These 3 states banned travel to Mississippi and North Carolina due to their discriminatory laws, yet NYC law discriminates a against religious and those who believe in just 2 genders and common sense. Where they force a business to allow anyone gender into either rest room. Where are the rights of the businesses or the 99% of the population who are not transgendered
Mississippi here we come …
Who wants to travel to Mississippi? What is the attraction? How dare the government decide that females should share restrooms with men, why should children be forced to see a man’s privates? Disgusting.
bahaha these governors are so funny, when can an ELECTED offical tell you where you can travel too, We need more states to join Mississippi!!!!
My darling home state ….Vicksburg, Mississippi……this will keep the undesirables OUT !!!!!!!!
THESE GOVERNORS BY LAW< CANT KEEP PEOPLE FROM TRAVELING TO MISSISSIPPI THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND OBAMA TOO DAMED MUCH. THIS GOVERMENT IS REALLY STARTING TO P**S ME OFF. WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMMING TO???????