Tennsee ernor signs anti-gay adoptn bill

Contents:

• TENNSEE LAWMAKERS CONSIR BILL THAT WOULD SEPARATE GAY AND STRAIGHT MARRIAG
• TENNSEE'S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL SPARKS BIPARTISAN CRICISM
• TENNSEE ERNOR SIGNS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BILL

TENNSEE LAWMAKERS CONSIR BILL THAT WOULD SEPARATE GAY AND STRAIGHT MARRIAG

Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, sgle parents, and relig mori have faced problems tryg to adopt or foster children the US bee some agenci will only place kids wh heterosexual parents of a particular fah – a discrimatory practice.

TENNSEE'S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL SPARKS BIPARTISAN CRICISM

Nashville, Tennsee – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights anizatn – nmns the Tennsee Senate for passg SB 1440, a bill that attempts to discrimate agast LGBTQ+ Tennseans by difyg “sex” as “a person’s immutable blogil sex as termed by anatomy and geics existg at the time of birth and evince of a person’s blogil sex” throughout state . The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.

The bills have also gaed promence and polil tractn as nservative activist groups and media figur have reloted to the state recent years, keepg gay and trans rights as a top prry for lawmakers.

TENNSEE ERNOR SIGNS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BILL

)After the Obergefell lg nullified Tennsee’s same-sex marriage ban, Republin legislators sought new ways to lim gay passed bills the followg year allowg mental health profsnals, cludg school and substance abe unselors, to turn down LGBTQ clients if nflicts wh their “scerely held prcipl” or “relig beliefs” — even s where people are at risk of harmg themselv or others.