“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.
Good. You do not want that kind of people there anyway.
What a moronic statement! How the HELL do you ban travel to Mississippi ? Utterly insane are people saying that
The only ones that won’t travel there is the lgbt!!
The UNITED STATES are acting like petulant children. One state banning travel to another state is sheer lunacy. It will breed more distrust and hatred among states. Each state is considered sovereign and therefore has its own state laws. Laws that should be accepted and respected by every other state . We are rapidly on the path to destruction, if this divisiveness is not stopped . Time to take a deep breath and realize where we are headed if we do not put an end to this bickering and be the UNITD STATES again.
VOTE TRUMP PEOPLE!
STAND WITH MISSISSIIPPI!
Only liberals believe that the government has the authority to ban anyone from traveling wherever they so desire. The rest of us intelligent people will continue to travel at will.
HEY GOVS GET A LIFE.
I’ll go where the hell i want to go$#%&!@*heads .
And this too, shall pass. Hope the citizens of Mississippi all show support for this law. I don’t want my children exposed to this kind of predator.