The city of Los Angeles has become the latest municipality to ban official travel to the state of Mississippi following a highly contested religious objections law.
Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the resolution prohibiting the city from conducting business with Mississippi Monday.
The Los Angeles Times reports Friday council members voted unanimously in favor of taking a stance against Mississippi's Freedom of Conscience From Government Discrimination Act which is set to take effect July 1. North Carolina, which has drawn criticism for a new state law requiring individuals to use public bathrooms corresponding to the sex listed on the birth certificates, was also included in the measure.
According
to the LA Times, Councilman Mike Bonin who authored the resolution said
the laws create a "climate of intolerance and a climate of violence."
Los Angeles joins the city of Seattle, as well as the governors of New York, Vermont and Minnesota in issuing travel boycotts against Mississippi.
Outside of the government sector, Mississippi has also seen pushback from the entertainment industry. Musician Bryan Adams canceled a scheduled performance in Biloxi and actress Sharon Stone scrapped plans to film a television movie with a Canton based film studio.
Contact Bracey Harris at bharris2@gannett.com or 601-961-7248. Follow @braceyharris on Twitter.
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