Saturday, June 16, 2018
California Bans Travel to Oklahoma Based on its Discriminatory LBGT Adoption Law
From USA Today:
Add Oklahoma to the list of states to which California is banning state-funded and state-sponsored travel.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Friday that as a result of "discriminatory legislation" that became Oklahoma law last month, the western state will prohibit travel to its midwestern counterpart.
A 2017 California law requires that its attorney general keeps a list of states subject to a state travel ban because of "laws that authorize or require discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression," Becerra's office said in a statement.
Read more here.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/family_law/2018/06/california-bans-travel-to-oklahoma-based-on-its-discriminatory-lbgt-adoption-law.html
I think OK's legislation is unfortunate, but, if it is unconstitutional, the courts should strike it down. I am concerned that CA's self-righteous approach is a threat to the "united" states, and wonder if it should, or will be, challenge under the Interstate Commerce Clause.
Posted by: Jeff Rasley | Jun 17, 2018 10:06:59 AM