Saturday, February 22, 2020

GET ME REWRITE: Meet the members of the Homophobe Caucus of the Tennessee General Assembly


Membership limited to soft, pudgy old white guys.  (The average age here is 66.)


Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs bill allowing adoption agencies to deny gay couples (USA Today, 1/24/2020)

Related reading:
Nashville council passes resolution condemning Tennessee's anti-LGBT adoption bill.  (Fox17 Nashville, 1/22/2020)
 “We’d like to send a message to residents and to prospective businesses that Tennessee is a welcoming place,” District 8 Council Member Nancy VanReece said.
Companies offer rebuke of Tennessee’s anti-LGBT adoption law.  (AP, 2/5/2020)
Almost three dozen big companies and more than 100 small businesses in Tennessee on Wednesday predicted economic backlash from a newly enacted state adoption law and other proposals that target LGBT people, with one company saying plans to add jobs in Nashville are “in doubt” over the legislation.

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