Britain issues travel warning!!! Directed at North Carolina and Mississippi--NICE!!!

As if the Republicans haven't done enough damage to this country with their discrimination policies, now our closest ally is issuing travel warnings to their citizens in two very red Republican dominated states with large Republican majorities that have recently passed discrimination laws. Republicans are just sick hate-filled bastards.



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Britain issues warning for LGBT travelers visiting North Carolina and Mississippi
By Peter Holley April 20
The travel advisory update — directed to members of the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community — was posted on the Foreign Office's website Tuesday.

“The U.S. is an extremely diverse society and attitudes towards LGBT people differ hugely across the country,” the advisory says. “LGBT travelers may be affected by legislation passed recently in the states of North Carolina and Mississippi. Before traveling please read our general travel advice for the LGBT community.”

In North Carolina, HB 2 — the controversial law passed last month — limits LGBT protections and forces transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding only with the gender on their birth certificate. Mississippi's law, passed earlier this month, allows businesses to refuse services to gay couples based on religious objections.

The new legislation has led to boycotts and backlash in the business community. Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Pearl Jam, among others, have canceled appearances in North Carolina as a show of opposition to the new law, and PayPal said it is abandoning plans to expand into Charlotte in response to the legislation.

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Some cities and states — including San Francisco, the District of Columbia and the state of New York — have also banned non-essential government travel to North Carolina.

Rallying against North Carolina's transgender bathroom law

A transgender woman gathers likeminded North Carolinians in Charlotte to protest the state's controversial new law that restricts transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds with their chosen gender. (Whitney Shefte/The Washington Post)
The British government advisory doesn't include a political message, but it does refer prospective travelers looking for more information about LGBT issues in the United States to the website of the Human Rights Campaign, a group that has voiced strong opposition to North Carolina's new legislation.

Among the advice for LGBT Brits traveling abroad: "Exercise discretion" in rural areas and avoid "excessive physical shows of affection" in public.

"Some hotels," the government also warns, "especially in rural areas, won’t accept bookings from same sex couples – check before you go."

 

As I recall, you liberals seem to claim North Carolina is a "swing state" when it's convenient for you, but apparently when they do something you don't like, they're a "very red Republican state".

I hope the second is true