{"id":2540,"date":"2020-02-27T11:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T18:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2020-02-27T12:47:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T19:47:47","slug":"californias-interstate-travel-ban-needs-to-be-struck-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2540","title":{"rendered":"California&#8217;s Interstate Travel Ban Needs to be Struck Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Nicholas Vetrisek<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas is suing California as a result of the state\u2019s law, <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/ab1887\">AB 1887<\/a>, that prohibits state officials from traveling to states that limit abortion or LGBT rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the law must be kept in place because &#8220;In California, we have chosen not to use taxpayer money to support laws discriminating against the LGBTQ community.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, Texas sees the issue much differently.\u00a0 has stated that &#8220;California has targeted Texas and its residents because Texas protects the religious freedom of faith-based child welfare providers within its borders,&#8221; explained Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. &#8220;In California\u2019s so-called forward thinking, it is not enough to burden religion in California; it must go further and coerce other States to increase burdens on religion within their own borders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The issue is entirely political and the law is only being used for partisan purposes. For Becerra, this is just another way of shutting out anyone who doesn&#8217;t sufficiently ascribe to the ideological dogma regarding sexuality that the left developed five seconds ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elected officials shouldn&#8217;t be barred from traveling to other states simply because of trivial partisan reasons\u2014or for any reason, really. Elected officials must be able to meet with one another in a functioning nation and it&#8217;s for this reason that this law ought to be struck down as unconstitutional per the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the U.S. Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"owner-name truncate\" title=\"Go to Gary Todd's photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/101561334@N08\/\" data-track=\"attributionNameClick\">Photo by Gary Todd via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Nicholas Vetrisek Texas is suing California as a result of the state\u2019s law, AB 1887, that prohibits state officials from traveling to states that limit abortion or LGBT rights. 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