“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.
Here I come Mississippi!!!!
I’m an American! And am against all the communist movement going on right now!!!!
Mississippi ban those from those states from coming through your state.
Stay. Strong, We. Are. Praying It. Will. Get. Better. Soon.
Who do these politicians think they are telling people where they can and cannot travel? Makes me want to plan next vacation in Mississippi.
The LGBT agenda needs to end. It is NOT Constitutional. Rights promised do NOT mean hyper-rights. Listen folks, you are either born a male or a female, no matter what. End of story. The Supreme Court NEVER was given the place or the right to make laws either, so the whole “gay” marriage was unlawful to begin with. People do not even have to acknowledge it, and many are standing up against it rightfully so.
No one tells me what to do…especially liberals….
In response to the governors of Vermont, Washington and New York I say NO thanks BIG BROTHER. Its pretty arrogant that these people feel they have ANY right to tell AMERICAN CITIZENS what States they can visit. This is so much shame on them. Liberalism is a desease and they are trying to force there infection on all AMERICANS.
i live in wa. state and hate this law and so do a lot of others.
Really