“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.
Love Mississippi support from Alabama not in football
Makes me want to travel to Mississippi and all the other states that have the same rules.
When the US 6th Judicial District Court in Denver, Colorado made it MANDATORY for Wyoming to recognize homosexual “marriages” I wrote to the WY governor telling him to fight the decree. I TOLD him this bathroom/locker room thing was going to happen, but you know, he never even wrote back. I’m proud to say I have family roots in NC.
Yawn
funny, new york passed almost an identical law but it was before the scotus ruling.
I agree Adrics Place. I am a straight, white female celebrating 22 years of marriage today. But I do have friends and relatives who are gay. I don’t understand it fully, but I guess my lifestyle to you and them may not be fully understood. But I do know you and my friends and family are people who do not deserve to be hurt in any way because of your choice just as I don’t want to be hurt because of my choices. I don’t understand why some choose to say you’re after children just because you’re LGBT. While I’m sure there are some, there are just as many straight offenders if not more.
Thisis still a free country (despite the best efforts of the progressives) and I will travel where, when and with whoom I will travel! These piece of c**p so-called leaders can go take a long walk off a short pier!
well there are 3 dumb$#%&!@*governors for you
So, Miss could care less about a bunch of whiners and fruitcakes.
Right you lot of MORONS,how about putting Virginia on the list to…