Posted on 06/04/2018 10:42:21 AM PDT by reaganaut1
California on Friday announced a ban on state-funded and state-sponsored travel to Oklahoma in response to the state's controversial LGBTQ adoption bill, USA Today reported.
"California taxpayers are taking a stand against bigotry and in support of those who would be harmed by this prejudiced policy," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Friday.
Under a 2017 California law, the state's attorney general is required to keep a list of all states subject to a travel ban because of “laws that authorize or require discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression,” Becerra said in a statement obtained by USA Today.
The Oklahoma law, passed last month, allows adoption and foster care agencies to reject same-sex couples on religious grounds. California's ban, announced by Becerra, came on the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month.
"There appears to be more and more Californians sharing our values as we are seeing more Californians move to Oklahoma," Michael McNutt, a spokesman for Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R), said in a statement to USA TODAY. "With our state’s economy being as strong as it is, we won’t miss a few Californians traveling on state business showing up in our state."
Fallin signed the adoption bill into law last month and has said the law does not restrict LGBTQ individuals from adopting.
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California should stop trying to bully other states. Until it does and starts obeying federal law, there should be a ban on non-essential federal travel to CA.
Good job Oklahoma.
I just know Oklahoma is broken hearted to hear THAT..../s
wow......maybe Oklahoma should ban people from going to Disneyland, Magic Mountain and Knotts Berry Farm, Universal Studios. They have a lot more that visit California from Oklahoma. It should be reciprocal. Tell Oklahomans they are BANNED.
That would be my take.
First Charlotte , now Oklahoma, pretty soon they will have to have all out of state meetings in Provincetown, or Newton MA.
So California can enact a travel ban against states for “anti-homo” b.s. but the U.S. can’t have a travel ban against nations that have anti-homo laws and murder people that are thought to be homosexual ?
California first added Texas to their travel ban, and we was very excited about this but unfortunately they keep flooding in.
There re interesting implications for NCAA sporting events. Does this mean that ucla or Cal cannot travel to these states for football, basketball and the like? Or will they have to play on a neutral field in, say, Iran or Cuba, where California travel is not banned?
Now if Kalifornians would just stop moving to Austin.
Lots of Caliployees go to Oklahoma do they? Oklahoma! The State Employee Conference State! LOL.
What do they do with Arizona, where they get water and power?
I wonder if UCLA has to leave its softball team in OKC after they lost to Florida State yesterday?
IIRC, it was determined that state schools could travel to those states but the travel had to be paid for with private funds.
Keeps that contagion out of Oklahoma.
Regarding the NCAA sports, I think it would be hilarious if the affected banned states would totally ban CA team scheduling in-state as this would eliminate them from invitation to most football bowl games as one funny backfire on them. Most collegiate football stadiums are affiliated with state funding wholly or in part.
Pretty soon, no one will be allowed to leave.
Sell California to Russia.
Yeah, it will keep all two California employees out of OK.
Man...you FReepers from Oklahoma get all the best stuff.
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