“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 live in Mississippi , I love Mississippi
Someone explain to me why a small groups rights are more important than the majority’s rights. I really would appreciate an answer.
Any father catching a man in the bathroom with his young daughter would kick that man’s assume. Fn ridiculous! Transsexuals need to stay out of “gender identified” bathrooms. It’s not our fault they are the way they are. Disgusting…
Arkansas needs to do the same thing
Your right is no greater than mine,,
You know you’re working for a dictatorship when your boss bans you from doing something like travel to another state.
Be a cold day in hell before anyone tells me that I can’t travel to the state.
Land of the free…yea right !
I’ll travel anywhere I want ain’t nobody going stop me amen how bout truckers stop making delivery to those states then amen
F**k Them…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 Fransico , who made similar demands of city employees banning travel to North Carolina, these governors are overstepping their authority.