Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ® signed a bill Wednesday allowing public officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages.

State lawmakers approved Tennessee House Bill 878 last week. The legislation states people “shall not be required to solemnize a marriage” if they refuse to doing so based on their “conscience or religious beliefs.” According to the Tennessee Legislature website, the governor signed the bill Wednesday.

  • Flying Squid
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    1401 year ago

    Sounds like a good reason for queer people to start getting jobs as county clerks in Tennessee so they can refuse to solemnize cishet marriages based on their conscience or religious beliefs.

      • Flying Squid
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        271 year ago

        They’d have to do it very stealthily though. Pretend to be die-hard cishet Republicans until after the election. Santos them, but go even further than Santos did by pretending you aren’t even queer.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      Really Mr. Woke Bond?

      I cast “LGBTQ isn’t a conscience or religious stance in the State of Tennessee”.

      Your move Mr. Bond….

      • CrazyEddie041
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        181 year ago

        “LGBT” doesn’t have to be a conscience or religion belief. You can just state that heterosexual marriage against your beliefs.

          • Flying Squid
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            61 year ago

            Yep. Jesus had a lot to say about condemning divorce. He didn’t really say anything about anything LGBT-related.

          • Froyn
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            41 year ago

            heterosexual ‘relationships’ cause more abortions

      • SeaJ
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        Being against heterosexual marriage can certainly be a personal belief. It does not have to be a religious or conscience stance.

        If you want a religious stance: refuse to marry people who have been divorced.

        • Froyn
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          61 year ago

          “Have you consummated your relationship?” Yes? I’m sorry, I can’t approve of your marriage.

      • Flying Squid
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        111 year ago

        “Mr. Woke Bond” is the best insult you can come up with?

        That’s pretty pathetic.

          • lad
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            21 year ago

            As per Poe’s law, that might have been a joke. Well, it might’ve been not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯