Gay marriage in tennessee
What is a covenant marriage? Proposed Tennessee bill would design marriage distinction. Here's what to know
A proposed Tennessee bill would have the state join the ranks of those seeking to found a "Covenant Marriage Act."
A bill was introduced to the state House of Representatives on Jan. 22 that would establish covenant marriages in Tennessee between "one male and one female" who "agree that marriage is a lifelong relationship."
The legislation would make it harder for couples in covenant marriages to get a divorce in Tennessee. If passed, the bill would go into effect in July 2025.
Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Williamson, is the sponsor of the proposed bill in Tennessee, though Rep. Chris Hurt, R-Halls, originally introduced the bill, before passing the sponsorship to Bulso.
Other states are taking similar conduct. Missouri and Oklahoma both have similar marriage bills filed in their legislatures. Arkansas, Arizona and Louisiana already own existing covenant marriage laws in place; trading "lifelong relationships" for tax breaks in some states.
However, Tennessee's draft of the Covenant Marriage Act excludes any mention of financial benefits, which are a part of Oklahoma'
Elected officials in Tennessee can now decline to marry homosexual couples under modern law
Tennessee is no stranger to lawsuits over same-sex marriage, and it could be on the receiving end of another soon. That’s after a new statute was signed by Gov. Bill Lee, allowing wedding officiants to refuse to solemnize a marriage if they don’t want to.
More:A schedule to discriminate against same-sex marriages in Tennessee would’ve made child marriage legal. It’s now expected to be amended.
While the wording of the bill is not striking, it could create a way for LGBTQ couples to own their fundamental right to marry denied.
The bill language
In Tennessee, pastors and other religious leaders can solemnize a marriage. But the list also includes judges, current and former elected officials, and the governor.
By federal law, religious leaders are the only ones on the list allowed to refuse to join someone. The fresh state law gives that power to current and former elected officials.
Chris Sanders, the director of Tennessee Equality, believes the law doesn’t contain a chance of standing because
The Tennessee House Just Passed a Bill Completely Gutting Marriage Equality
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I assume it's not showing up more because nobody cares about Tennessee. That said, my assumption is that this is unconstitutional. The state must provide for a way for people to get married legally, and previous rulings were that clerks don't possess a choice.Click to expand...
If the recent court cases with the Supreme Court have taught us anything it's that we desire to be looking for things exactly like this. It is unconstitutional only means something if the Supreme Court is willing to stand with the precedent they've set. What this really could eb is a wedge to bring a case to the SCOTUS and gut marriage equality.
If Conservatives are concentrating on one thing in a bill anywhere the country we need to assume automatically that the bill isn't about that thing at all and that it's just them oiling down a slippery slope for them to get the things they really desire. Total abortion and contraceptive bans. Christianity as a national religion. Authoritarianism where there is no rivalry to stop them. A complete rollback o
Tennessee Lawmakers Pile on 4 More Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills – So Far – On Top of the TWENTY They Have Already Passed in Recent Years
NASHVILLE, TN — In a truly stunning display of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and targeted misuse of government power, Tennessee lawmakers last week sent to the governor THREE new pieces of legislation targeting the rights and existence of the LGBTQ+ community and has continued working on harmful bills this week. The three bills last week follow on the heels of SB 1738, passed earlier this month and signed by Governor Bill Lee, which could place LGBTQ+ youth in the foster care system into unsupportive homes.
Last week’s newly passed bills, if signed into commandment, would further extend Tennessee’s shameful, shocking lead among U.S. states in enacting anti-LGBTQ+ laws since 2015:
Tennessee: 21 laws enacted (would be **24** if all 3 newly passed bills are signed into law)
Arkansas: 13 laws enacted
Florida: 13 laws enacted
Montana: 12 laws enacted
North Dakota: 12 laws enacted
This unrelenting drive to make Tennessee hostile to LGBTQ+ people – and especially transgender people – stands apart, even compared to other states tha