“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.
God bless Mississippi
These are the same states that welcome Muslims that preach hate towards gays and women. Hypocrisy at it’s finest.
You morons do know that’s impossible right? I hope so.
Wish Alabama would follow miss got too many things here maybe they’d leave
IDIOTS IN ACTION….Stand Tall Mississippi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really think this is funny, these governors are morons.
THINK THEY WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PEE WITH THEIR WIFES AND DAUGHTERS
How the hell can a state BAN travel. What a joke
Washington, New York, and Vermont…That’s typical of those commie states…Vermont…That’s Bernie Sanders home state…That explains a lot right there. They can’t forbid any of their citizens from visiting these states…Maybe government employees.
They must be doing something right if they are pissing off this many politicians