New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu signs his own executive order, responds to Gov. Bobby Jindal

[bluedigger]

Source: The New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced Thursday that he's signed an executive order "affirming discrimination will not be tolerated in" New Orleans.

“With this executive order, I am issuing a clarifying call to the nation that New Orleans is an accepting, inviting city that thrives on its diversity and welcomes people from all walks of life with open arms,” Landrieu said in a news release. “In New Orleans, we believe religious liberty and freedoms should be protected and discrimination prohibited, and we have passed our own laws to reflect that principle.

"This executive order is an important, symbolic affirmation that discrimination in any form will not be tolerated in New Orleans – and it should not be tolerated anywhere in Louisiana.”

Just hours after a Louisiana House panel overwhelmingly voted this past Tuesday to effectively kill one of his priority pieces of legislation, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order that he said would continue to give life to the Louisiana Marriage and Conscience Act’s intent.

Read more: http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/politics/12436119-172/new-orleans-mayor-mitch-landrieu

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[shenmue]

1. Yay!

Good move!

[KamaAina]

2. Maybe NOLA needs to secede from La.

and set itself up as a free port.

[babylonsister]

14. Maybe Jindal needs to secede to...somewhere

more accepting of his backwards, archaic POVs?

[Duval]

17. Yeah, I like that idea! nt

[hrmjustin]

3. K&R!

[irisblue]

4. good

[Thinkingabout]

5. The Landrieu family has deep roots in Louisiana politics. Mitch follows

His father as mayor of NO, he knows his city, Jindal is trying to run for president, he is doing a terrible job as governor of Louisiana and thinks it qualifies him to be president.

[dgibby]

6. Jindal's not qualified to be dogcatcher, much less POTUS. n/t

[Thinkingabout]

7. But, But, he is a legend in his own mind.

[cosmicone]

12. I disagree. He would make an excellent dog catcher.

He can walk down the street and stray dogs will start pursuing him. He can then walk into a cage and the dogs will follow. The cage door is trapped shut and -- if he survives --- Bobby can repeat the process.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

18. HUNGRY stray dogs. BIG ones too. Darn, an appetizer?

[JDPriestly]

8. K&R.

[brer cat]

9. Excellent news.

Jindal be dammed. That crap shouldn't be tolerated anywhere.

[Enthusiast]

10. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

[Dont call me Shirley]

11. ...

[Fred Sanders]

13. Unconstitutional executive order totally outside executive power...Christian extremist Jindal does

not care, so enraptured is he by the awesomeness of his one true religion, right wing Catholic version.

No wonder the religious Fascist's hate judges and courts, the last protection of democracy against unconstituional attacks is the judicial branch of course.

[douggg]

15. Bobby J wants so badly to be white that he

calls himself 'Bobby' instead of his birth name.
Did he ever legally change it?

Republicans would never run him for President.'
George Allen of Virginia calls him 'macaca' which is not a term of endearment.

[mountain grammy]

16. Jindal is a piece of work, alright..

good thing not all of LA is buying his bullshit.

[BrotherIvan]

19. That's how you do it

FIGHT the bigots! FIGHT the racists! FIGHT and tell them they are WRONG WRONG WRONG!!

Hmm, gotta make a trip to NOLA methinks. I always gain about 10lbs but damn is is worth it.