“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.
How can states pass such a law. We are free Americans and can go where we want, say what we want, pray to any God we want and no state can nullify the Constitution. What can these states do, put you in jail for traveling to those states?
I’m not sure how they can enforce this?????
If we could get everyone of them to stay north of the Mason and Dioxin line the south would be OK
WTH? Since when so state governors have the authority to ban people from traveling anywhere? Or like Mayor de Blasio tell New Yorker not to eat at Chik-Fill-As? Who do these people think they are?
they can’t tell us what states we can travel too..MF’s think they are dicktators
Hilarious
All 3 states are great
We will travel to Mississippi,because we women can use our restrooms in peace!
I suggest a Travel BOYCOTT to Washington,
New York ,and Vermont . I think loonies are in charge
in these 3 States !!,,
Says ban, don’t mean people want disobey.