Tennsee Bill Opens Door to Child Marriag—as Long as the Couple Isn't Gay!

Contents:

• TENNSEE'S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL SPARKS BIPARTISAN CRICISM
• LLIE JON SLAMS TENNSEE’S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL: ‘WE REALLY GOG BACK HUH?!’
• TENNSEE LAWMAKERS CONSIR BILL THAT WOULD SEPARATE GAY AND STRAIGHT MARRIAG
• TENNSEE BILL OPENS DOOR TO CHILD MARRIAG—AS LONG AS THE COUPLE ISN'T GAY!

TENNSEE'S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL SPARKS BIPARTISAN CRICISM

Supporters argue the measure is need to give relig officials, upl and others opposed to gay marriage an optn that wouldn’t nflict wh their beliefs.

Crics say ’s a liberate effort to circumvent the Supreme Court’s 2015 lg legalizg gay marriage and uld lead to stly legal battl.

“This argument that is gog to set up two separate paths to marriage is blatantly unnstutnal vlatn of the Obergefell cisn, which is the law of the land, ” said attorney Abby Rubenfeld, who 2013 helped lead the challenge to Tennsee’s ban on same-sex su, which was filed by Rubenfeld, was clud the SCOTUS se that eventually legalized gay marriage 2015.

LLIE JON SLAMS TENNSEE’S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL: ‘WE REALLY GOG BACK HUH?!’

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The su, which was filed by Rubenfeld, was clud the SCOTUS se that eventually legalized gay marriage 2015. In other words, if a unty clerk cid agast grantg a same-sex uple a marriage license — or cid favor of grantg a mor a marriage license — that clerk would have the state of Tennsee on their si if someone were to brg a su agast wasn’t explic enough that this is a bill that is meant to exclu gay people, Leatherwood’s ments to lol outlet WKRN make his tentns pretty clear. (Matt Sayl / Invisn / Associated Prs) Tennsee jt keeps the anti-gay laws g, and Llie Jon has had enough.

TENNSEE LAWMAKERS CONSIR BILL THAT WOULD SEPARATE GAY AND STRAIGHT MARRIAG

” The bill is the latt a recent wave of anti-gay and anti-trans laws and a week after Tennsee Gov.

While Leatherwood’s proposal would not change whether gay upl uld get married Tennsee ― they still uld ― would enact a state-sanctned divisn between straight marriag and gay marriag on the basis of certa people’s relig beliefs. Photo: Kelv Murray (Getty Imag)Republins the Tennsee state legislature are so mad that the gays and theys n marry that their homophobic solutn has opened up an even bigger n of worms.

There is no reason to do this—other than blatant homophobia—bee straight people already have accs to marriage certifit the state.

TENNSEE BILL OPENS DOOR TO CHILD MARRIAG—AS LONG AS THE COUPLE ISN'T GAY!