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California ban won’t stop Alabama from hosting Fresno State

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Fresno State’s football game at the University of Alabama this fall is expected to go on as scheduled, despite California’s decision to ban travel to Alabama by its state employees.

”We look forward to the game” on Sept. 9 in Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama spokeswoman Kellee Reinhart said Friday.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra expanded his state’s no-travel list on Thursday to include Alabama after lawmakers in Montgomery voted to allow foster and adoption organizations to deny services to people because of ”sincerely held religious beliefs.”

Lawmakers in Sacramento last year banned non-essential travel by California state employees to places that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.