Several governors banned non-essential, state-funded travel to Mississippi. Renee Montagne talks to Peter Shumlin, governor of Vermont, who also banned trips to North Carolina which has a similar law.
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
No sooner had Mississippi's governors signed a religious freedom bill into law than the governor of Vermont and several other governors banned state-funded travel to Mississippi. That new law allows businesses and individuals to refuse service to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people if providing those services would violate a sincerely-held religious or moral belief.
Vermont along with New York and other states had already banned official travel to North Carolina because of a similar law. We reached Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin in the state capitol.
To read the entire transcript of the interview by Renee Montagne with Governor Shumlin of Vermont, click here.
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