“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 call themselves liberals? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!
Sonni Kilo
Insanity…x.x
As long as it doesn’t outright ban gay marriage or force people to show their genitals before using a bathroom or locker room, I can support Mississippi’s law. Free market principles will handle the rest. If someone doesn’t want to bake a cake for a gay wedding, then fine, someone else will. If one person won’t supply a license for a gay marriage, someone else will. It really is that simple. What North Carolina did, was literally change the language of antidiscrimination laws to read that you can’t discriminate based on religion, race, or gender, when the laws originally stated that you can’t discriminate against race, religion, or sexual orientation. That is why so many people are outraged at NC’s law. I wish people would read these laws for themselves before spouting their opinions on these issues.
Good I for one don’t want that kinda person here . . Grow some balls then come see us
I live in Mississippi lol I wonder wth that’s about
Now they got state against state. What a bunch of losers.
Who gives a damn what the Yankees think
When did they forget that government boycots of other states are illegal? As a citizen, we could do it, but a government entity is not allowed.
Jeremy, Please go$#%&!@*yourself.