“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 love Mississippi, especially the Gulf Coast, and wll continue to vacation there. So there.
Everybody should boycott the three states
That makes me want to go there. Been there before. Great people, great food
you better vote Trump or you may well have a stroke of the pen restricting you for far more than visiting a certain State!
That’s it, I will no longer be following this feed… You can restrict travel to any state, come on… Why would you report such trash talk…
I’ll go with you. I went to tech school in Mississippi.
Not a bit. The food is better down here, anyway. 😉
Can’t ban squat
So, not spending in WA, NY, and VT?
Kim Egan…….you do know what “all” means right?……the answer to your query is in my post above^^