“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.
Bob Mitchell Oh stop bro,you don’t want the whole world hearin about our dirty laundry.By the way the bullet missed the FN beer can,hit the angle iron and I shot myself.
These liberal bastards do not tell me to band a state . All republicans are welcome to come to Mississippi all liberal democRATS stay away.
Elizabeth Kay Shiflet lmao! Woo! That’s funny!
Mississippi probably sees this as a plus rather than a minus. Which it is.
Get a life! People have a right to deny service to anyone if it violates their sincerely held religious rights. It’s protected by the constitution, for crying out loud! There are plenty of other places for you to buy wedding cakes and other services. It’s funny how they want to take other’s rights away and try to force them to go against their beliefs but if it was them you would hear about it forever!
Ban? Governors actually think it’s their job to bully OTHER states by telling their own residents not to visit? Wtf are these governors thinking?
These perverted politicians that tells people , you have except transgender going to publc rest rooms. Transgender man dressed as woman has no place in man’s or women’s. They need to go where they are excepted. Don’t force perversion on the publc.
Me to.poor babies.
Bradley Chaffins you had better wake up and look at what’s going on in this nation. Pretty soon we won’t have rights . I say good for them in first place making a statement if anything
Congratulations Mississippi ( learned how to Spell your state in grade school)
That’s about more than 50 yrs ago).
Don’t cower to those Liberal/progressive Democrats.
Watch out those commies finally came from within.
We in NC stand by you !!!