California bans state-paid travel to Tennessee in reaction to law

[Glo]

[QUOTE]NASHVILLE — A new California law that took effect Jan. 1 bars state-funded travel to Tennessee and three other states for enacting statutes that critics charge discriminate against members of the LGBT community.

Golden State lawmakers last year passed the law in response to actions taken by Republican lawmakers in Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas on issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, according to The Advocate, a national publication covering LGBT issues[/QUOTE]

California bans state-paid travel to Tennessee in reaction to law | Times Free Press
[url]http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2017/jan/10/bell-californibstate-paid-travel-tennessee-ov/406655/[/url]

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[1239the]

Weird title. It's Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas. Which is significantly more than just one state.

[Glo]

[QUOTE=1239the;51650205]Weird title. It's Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas. Which is significantly more than just one state.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I just copied the title of the Times Free Press article. I justtried to change it to the LA Times title but I don't think it worked. Hopefully a moderator will fix it.

[Slashed Out]

I'm not sure if I understood this correctly (the joys of having English be your second language...), but what does "state-paid" constitute in this sense? If for ex. somebody employed in a state agency or something of the similar ilk has to travel to those "banned" states as part of their work duty, do they have to pay for the trip out of their pockets?

Still I appreciate any resistance against discriminatory laws.

[lordcrypto]

they don't require state employees to travel there either

basically california has just said fuck you to those states

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=krosos8;51650272]I'm not sure if I understood this correctly (the joys of having English be your second language...), but what does "state-paid" constitute in this sense? If for ex. somebody employed in a state agency or something of the similar ilk has to travel to those "banned" states as part of their work duty, do they have to pay for the trip out of their pockets?

Still I appreciate any resistance against discriminatory laws.[/QUOTE]

state employees cannot travel to those states in official capacities. practically it doesn't do too much but it does affect where official conferences will be held which some places need the revanue from since california would be a huge presence at any sort of multi state policy forum or event but it doesn't really cause these states anything much else except for being shamed

[Slashed Out]

[QUOTE=Sableye;51650298]state employees cannot travel to those states in official capacities. practically it doesn't do too much but it does affect where official conferences will be held which some places need the revanue from since california would be a huge presence at any sort of multi state policy forum or event but it doesn't really cause these states anything much else except for being shamed[/QUOTE]

Thanks for explaining this to me!

[ZachPL]

New York has had NC and MS banned for like the last 6 months for state travel, pretty sure the ban is still on.

[turban]

[QUOTE=Glo;51650219]Yeah, I just copied the title of the Times Free Press article. I justtried to change it to the LA Times title but I don't think it worked. Hopefully a moderator will fix it.[/QUOTE]

You should know what you are posting here......