“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.
so who’s going to stop the crowd???
WA, NY and VT huh.
No loss. Eff them.
The beaches of Brunswick county North Carolina, are beautiful today! I had lunch at Sharky’s, on Ocean Isle Beach today! It was wonderful watching the boats take off for a fishing tournament! Come on down! Not you New York! Not you Bruce! Not you Brian! Not you Vermont! Not you Washington! We take our safety seriously! And you are a danger to NC!
Tammy Welch Pearson because Matt is probably a lonely troll.
The USA is now the DSA, Divided States of America.
Mississippi is a place for me. All states should have this type legislation
I hope Florida will be put on that list to .
LOL
BS if you want to show Mississippi about their laws own in place and show them how it works!
Good we don’t need your kind in Mississippi