“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.
Refreshing to see that there are still MEN left with a spine and a set.
F**k Mississippi and North Carolina this is racist and against human rights. You can not make laws on religious beliefs its unconstitutional.
Tim Slagle and I agree, I do not want transgender men who still have male body parts using a bathroom or locker room with my granddaughters!!! Did you not read about the pervert who exposed himself in a gender neutral locker room to underage girls last week?!
DEAR GOV. I’LL GO ANYWHERE I DAMN WELL WANT TO GO YOU CAN KISS MY$#%&!@* I LOVE MISSISSIPPI LIKE THEIR ATTITUDE.
Good news for Mississippi and north Carolina. Bruce Springsteen will never play in your state again. Lucky sob’s won’t have to hear his Bob Dylan voice mixed with a car cry sound again.
They cannot ban anyone from going anywhere
You’re saying anyone who has a government job, even a school janitor can be prohibited from going to certain states ?
Oh because someone believes something you don’t agree with we should chastise and cut them off smh
The lgbt mafia has no tolerance for a my one or any thing in its path
Well I don’t know about the rest of ya but I sure as hell don’t want men in the bathroom with my girls