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SCENE OF THE CRIME.
A BAN ON GOVERNMENT TRAVEL TO MISSISSIPPI.
THIS COMES AFTER THAT
STATE'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
SIGNED A LAW THAT ALLOWS
BUSINESSES AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS
TO NOT SERVE GAY CUSTOMERS.
GOVERNOR DAYTON RECENTLY
STOPPED NONESSENTIAL TRIPS TO
NORTH CAROLINA OVER ITS LAW
THAT LIMITS PROTECTIONS FOR
GAY AND TRANS GENDER PEOPLE.
LIVE AT THE CAPITOL WHERE THESE
BANS ARE GETTING PUSHBACK FROM
REPUBLICANS.
GOVERNOR DAYTON IS CALLING
THIS NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL BAN
FOR STATE WORKERS A MORAL
QUESTION.
BUT SOME REPUBLICANS ARE
WONDERING WHY THE STATE IS
PAYING FOR NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL
ANY WAY.
GOVERNOR DAYTON'S MARCH THROUGH
THE SOUTH BANS NONESSENTIAL
TRAVEL TO MISSISSIPPI AND NORTH CAROLINA.
FOR LAWS HE CALLS
DISCRIMINATORY.
IT'S A MORAL DECISION.
IN THE CASE OF MISSISSIPPI,
IT'S AN EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF
PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LAW
LETS BUSINESS OWNERS DENY
SERVICE TO SAME SEX COUPLES IF
IT VIOLATES RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
A NORTH CAROLINA LAW BANS TRANS
GENDER PEOPLE FROM CERTAIN
BATHROOMS.
THEY FALL FAR BELOW A
STANDARD OF LEGAL AND MORAL
OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO
RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENS.
INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT,
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OR
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL INCLUDES
THE INTERNATIONAL BUS RODEO IN MAY.
WHICH MINNESOTA MET COUNCIL
EMPLOYEES WILL NO LONGER ATTEND.
IF IT'S NONESSENTIAL WE
DON'T NEED TO BE DOING IT OR
SPENDING MONEY ON IT.
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS POKED
FUN AT THE BAN ASKING DAYTON TO
CONSIDER BANNING TRAVEL TO
ONTARIO IN RETALIATION FOR THE
PAIN JUSTIN BIEBER INFLICTED ON
MINNESOTANS THROUGH HIS MUSIC.
BUT ONE OF THE FEW REPUBLICANS
TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF GAY
MARRIAGE SAYS HIS POINT IS A
SERIOUS ONE.
MISSISSIPPI IS WRONG BUT
IT'S ALSO WRONG TO TRY TO GET
PEOPLE TO FIGHT OVER AN ISSUE
THAT DOESN'T MERIT FIGHTING IN MINNESOTA.
THE BAN WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL THE LAWS ARE REPEALED.
IT'S A STEP BACKWARD FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
THE MINNESOTA HOUSE IS
CONSIDERING A BILL SIMILAR TO
THE ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA, THIS
ONE WOULD BAN TRANS GENDER
PEOPLE FROM USING BATHROOMS
THAT DON'T MATCH THEIR
BIOLOGICAL SEX.
BUT ANGELA, THAT BILL IS NOT
EXPECTED TO PASS.
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT IT DID,
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE'D VETO IT.
MINNESOTA ISN'T THE ONLY STATE
REACTING SO STRONGLY TO THESE
NEW LAWS.
GOVERNORS IN NEW YORK,
WASHINGTON, AND VERMONT,
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS HAVE ALSO
DONE THIS BUT BUSINESSES ARE
EXERTING A LOT OF PRESSURE
ALSO.
MANY LARGE BUSINESSES IN BOTH
OF THOSE STATES ARE
RECONSIDERING THEIR BUSINESS
PRACTICES THERE.
AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK A LOT