“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’m from nc and if you don’t like the way we live and support our governor then stay the Hell away we don’t want or need you.
I enjoyed my travels to Mississippi I think the people are great! I ll be back! We are Americans !! So shove your travel bans! Scumbags
deciding not to go yourself is one thing but being banned is dictorrial and anyone choosing to live under rulers should expect the consequences that come with that decision when similar ruling in your own states adversely effect you
Good idea.
They really do not have the authority to demand or prevent people from traveling to another state – not unless this country is now ruled under Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Fascism, etc.
All southern states do something so all northern will band travel below the mason Dixion line
How do you ban travel to another state? do you now have boarder crossings on every road, highway, freeway? And how do they know if you are passing through that state on your way else where in America or going to Mississippi?
Idiots
I think if I lived in a state that tried to forbid me from visiting another state in OUR Country I’d move to that ‘other
What about truckers?