“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.
Was just there last week. Come and get me Mark Dayton!!!
Good, we don’t want those folks passing through our states anyway!
Mississippi on one of few or one and only state where its citizens don’t accept a lot of government assistance. They believe in less government and helping each other, but are among the poorest states in the country.
What I was trying to say is Mississippi will survive without the interference. I am familiar with Mississippi, but they manage.
Sorry but a original certificate of live birth can not be denied
I think we should all rush to Mississippi
So it will now be a better place to visit
We do not live in the land of the free anymore! Just wait, things are really going to be bad if we have a dictator much longer. It’s so much like$#%&!@*did to his people. Same things happening here.
I will go where I want.
Go Missisippi was there like last month!!