“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.
They have banned official government travel. So, no new government business in person. It’s just a childish symbolic gesture. 99% of government commerce can be done via telecommunication.
this is the 1% causing trouble AGAIN for the 99%
So what.
Georgia is legit. I did my second duty station at Benning. Columbus is a nice town.
Atlanta is insane. Avoid Bankhead if you can. LOL
Total lunacy
Heck !!!!! If its this darn easy… why in the world are our borders not closed…. twisted, twisted, twisted, twisted, twisted, twisted. …
::and then we have this pc c**p going on- these ‘parents’ should be investigated by authorities pressing their political agenda on this poor child, it is child abuse, period… btw gay trans community needs to worry more about the un removing gay rights from the organisation’s ‘global goals’- it is sharia compliant and will not accept them, so maybe they should learn how and where to pee, stop dressing little innocent boys like girls for photo shoots, money and publicity- and work on actual human rights http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-05/transgender-child-fights-to-build-house-next-to-westboro-church/7299964
These people that have set these bans up should be ashamed. They are saying they will let perv’s into bathrooms with their daughters and grand daughters.
Well we always had a good time travelling there and will continue all the more now.