Posted on 09/28/2016 5:46:28 AM PDT by artichokegrower
North Carolinas controversial law overturning local government protections for gays and lesbians could cost it some business with California state agencies.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill that prohibits state agencies from compelling their employees to travel to states with laws that allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The effect is to ban state-funded travel to North Carolina and other states that may adopt policies like its HB2, the law that struck down local measures protecting gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination and prohibited cities from passing new anti-discriminatory policies.
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Something must be done about Interstate 40! Barstow CA to Wilmington NC can not stand!
Maybe one or two state funded visitors a year, with relatives in NC?
NCers by boycotting trips to Californicator land can inflict a lot more $ pain than our whinney overpaid rats visiting NC on our Tax $’s.
Good - the state can’t afford the travel expenses anyway.
I want to know if Brown uses a ladies room in the Capitol. Of course, his office no doubt has a private bathroom but that could be taken out easily enough. Tee Hee! Are state employees allowed or mandated to use whichever bathroom they feel like using on any particular day? How sweet!
This is just another version of WHO’S ON FIRST?
It’s getting harder by the day to get rid of our overpaid, under worked, milk cow state employees so few states will allow them enter.
No purchase of products or services from companies that support a travel boycott.
“I assume there is some- training courses, prisoner transfers, symposiums, etc... But it cant be significant.”
Probably academics and social workers attending conferences.
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