US Mayors and Mississippi Writers Protest Anti-Gay Law

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So maybe a 1980s pop singer cancelling a single concert isn't a big deal to most people. But Mississippi hasn't seen the last of the political backlash against the law it passed allowing people to discriminate against LGBT individuals. New York City has cancelled its "Mississippi in New York" picnic for the first time in nearly 40 years, and a whole list of big-city mayors have joined together to find different ways to express their disgust with the discriminatory law. Most will prohibit official travel to Mississippi, among other actions. A group of 95 Mississippi authors, including John Grisham, have spoken out against the law as well. And some companies are now saying they won't send shipments into the state. Some people are asking what this will change, but there are others who believe that voters won't speak up against discriminatory laws until their repercussions are felt in their daily lives. That's about to happen in Mississippi.... [Image: nancydowd/Pixabay/CC0]