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.)

Source:  Tennessee House of Representatives

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.