“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’m going to move to Mississippi. Love what they’re about…
Yet New York state has a similar protection for churches and religious institutions. They simply deny the rights of the individual. Which is first and foremost on the minds of the authors of the constitution. As laid out in the first clause of the 1st Amendment.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/same-sex-marriage-religious-exemptions-statutes.aspx
Another reason not to go to to New York, or any liberal state.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO FALL FOR SUCH C**P WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING——-KEEP GOING MISSISSIPPI—-YOU ARE A SURVIVOR
So when do the walls go up and the checkpoints asking “are your papers in order?”
SURE DON’T NEED THOSE TOILET SEAT LICKERS IN MISSISSIPPI!!!
Way to go Mississippi!
Fantastic, saving so much of taxpayers money for their vacations “so called business trip”. More states should ban these travels.
Liberals not going to your state is a blessing in disguise
Who gives a Rats$#%&!@*what them morons say.