“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.
Why is anyone paying for non-essential travel they are banning? It’s all political posturing b******t.
Why only Mississippi when North and South Carolina and other anti lgbt states have also adapted that bill?
Poor Mississippi.
I stand up for gays but I also stand up for religious freedom. Our religious beliefs need to be protected as well. I’m all for gays being allowed to marry. Why shouldn’t they be allowed to marry and grow old with the love of their life like I can? However if a certain religion or church refuses to marry them bc it is against their religious beliefs them they should not be charged! There are many churches that would gladly welcome them and marry them. I think if they know a certain religion is against same sex marriage and they purposely try to get married there for the sole purpose to cause a problem then they are to blame. As a Christian I know I can’t walk into a Jewish place of worship and demand they marry my husband and myself.
This law is not saying they are against same sex marriage they are simply protecting the rights of religious beliefs.
Tim Slagle Sound bites of the past that have been spun do not make this a muslim nation at all.
UNBELIEVABLE WHAT OUR NATION HAS COME TO…..banning travel of city workers, I guess job related…
Agree David Cisik Sr
Hahaha it’s America go where you fucking want to!!!!!!!!!!
NEWS FLASH !! What makes you sissy bastards think that Mississippi wants you to visit their state ?? Keep your stupid, cry-baby asses in your own f–ked up states and leave the normal people alone !!
Additionally, it can’t be anything but employees. Simply means they aren’t paying expenses they probably weren’t paying to begin with.
EVERYONE HAS RIGHTS…WE DO NOT WANT “OPEN BATHROOMS…!!!!!”