Posted on 03/25/2017 12:37:00 PM PDT by Libloather
UPDATE: A spokesperson for Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian has confirmed that UCLA is funding part of the cost for the basketball team’s trip to Tennessee. Like a shell-game, they claimed that it isn’t state funds that are going to this trip — those funds are used for other things, like paying the salaries of people going on the trip and supporting the trip. Nazarian’s spokesperson said these funds are coming from ticket sales and other sources.
It’s like a shell game. Just move funds around to limit exposure and liability. The funds that are going to pay for this trip could have gone to lessen the burden on the state. Instead, they are going toward an illegal trip to Tennessee.
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Seems like there should be a short-hoop at mid-court, so the players with height limitations could have an improved opportunity to dunk the ball.
Do conservative states ever do anything as petty as “travel bans” to states with political views they don’t like? Maybe they do, but I can’t think of it.
“The hypocrites are taking over everything. The hypocrites are taking over everything.” —The Strange One
(Through clenched teeth.)
It is an INVASION BAN .
Don't let the Left define the issue with tier lying words and labels.
What is an anti-LGBT state? What laws or policies does Tennessee have that have made it an anti-LGBT state?
Now that we have nationwide homosexual marriage, weren’t their lives going to be complete; wasn’t that the keystone of homosexual rights being sought????
Sounds to me like nationwide homosexual marriage didn’t placate these activists at all. It just moved the goal posts, and set the stage for more activism, pushing more and more bizarre situations upon all of us.
Money is fungible. Econ101. The state paid for the trip.
It was a short trip.
They could travel there, they just couldnt use state funds to pay for anything.
Forbidding travel to “LGBT hostile” states is a loud, profound principled political and social statement, but hey, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.
This reminds me a bit of the situation a few years ago, when Los Angeles banned travel and business dealings with Arizona, in protest over Arizona’s law on illegals.
It was subsequently discovered that LA gets 25% of its electricity from power plants in Arizona, transmitted over the electrical grid.
So, rather than take a stand and sweat with rolling blackouts and rationed power in a hot LA summer, the LA officials decided to rescind their boycott of Arizona. All in the interests of keeping the air conditioning going.
Point being, liberals make these boycotts and political statements when convenient to do so, and if it doesn’t have any impact on them. But if there’s a real world impact or cost to the action, then they back down.
Recently San Francisco banned state travel to North Dakota, I believe it was? I’m not sure of the reason, but SF is boycotting that state. I’m betting that SF does very little business in the first place with North Dakota, so this action by them has no real world sacrifice associated with it.
Now what?
I wish they would tell us what the hell they are talking about. Pardon my language.
But, they say they want to ensure the safety of LGBT players coaches and fans who travel to Tennessee.
What in the sam hill is the threat to safety of LGBT peoples going to Tennessee?? Is it due to the bathroom issue? Not enough gay bars? What exactly is their beef?> What is the danger to health and safety of anyone in Tennessee????
Different issue. This is about California banning travel for students to states with things like anti-freaks-in-girls-restrooms laws (a law which Tennessee just rejected last night, according to a posted article).
I dunno, unless they’re referring to Memphis, I understand there’s quite a bit of gang violence there. They don’t call it Mogadishu on the Mississippi for nothing. Of course the PC “not sees” are loathe to even acknowledge the problem.
The UCLA support staff just all wanted to visit Graceland....
What?
Queers have no integrity?
Shocked! I tell you, I’m shocked!
No standards of behavior?
(need I day it - /sarc)
You’re right. Sorry for the misapplication.
I’m generally a sports fan but basketball doesn’t interest me much these days, and now it interests me even less.
Didn’t matter...UCLA has been sent home.
This reminds me a bit of the situation a few years ago, when Los Angeles banned travel and business dealings with Arizona, in protest over Arizona’s law on illegals.
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In 1956 my mother moved me, my sister & herself from New York State to California - she had a 52 Chevy & was pulling a 35’ house trailer.
I was 16 and I can imagine the problems she had putting up with a ‘hostile’ teenager (me), a 14 yo daughter and that trailer.
She followed Rte 66 and upon entering California from Arizona there were border check points - guess they were looking for fresh fruit?? or bugs or whatever, but I do remember the check point.
I waited till my Oct birthday, quit Senior year and went into the Navy.
Around the turn of the Century, I had made a Nevada trip and had a little time to waste so I ‘explored’ what was left of 66 in NM & AZ - I never realized how curvy and narrow that road was at the time.
So, hats off to my mother for a difficult job well done - even though I am still ‘pizzed’ about the whole trip..<: <:
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