“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.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/27/ex-speaker-dennis-hastert-faces-sentencing-chicago/83584440/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/27/ex-speaker-dennis-hastert-faces-sentencing-chicago/83584440/
No state can ban traveling to another state !!!
States cant ban anything they’re just shooting off their mouth much like Obama does most of the time!!
screw them, good on old miss.
Tony, Good comment and factual!!
How can you legally ban travel? What a bunch of asses
so they ban travel to Mississippi just because these states don’t agree with them? Right force us not to do or goto something just because you don’t agree with them. Sounds like good old Communism
I would go to miss. before the others
This is a LAW to BE Broken purposefully because it is against the Rule of Law our Constitution which is a higher law, and even our natural human law rights given by God. Go to Mississippi whenever you want to and thumb your noses at the crazy people in New York, Washington and Vermont! Tell others to not visit those three states for you would be in danger of people who advocate going against your rights as a citizen of this nation. They should be arrested if they violate the Constitution.