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Anti-gay Tenn. lawmaker behind ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill defeated in reelection bid
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An anti-gay Tennessee state lawmaker who has spent much of his legislative career sponsoring anti-LGBT bills, and who once blamed AIDS on a gay airline pilot having sex with monkeys, was soundly defeated Thursday in his bid for a second Senate term.
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Lawmaker behind Tenn. ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill compares Obamacare to Holocaust
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An anti-gay Tennessee state lawmaker who has spent much of his legislative career sponsoring anti-LGBT bills, has likened the insurance requirement under President Barack Obama’s health care law to the forced deportation of Jews during the Holocaust.
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Tennessee’s latest ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill dies in House committee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A measure that would have forced schools to tell parents if their children have talked to a teacher or counselor about being gay has failed this session.
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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill’s latest approach is to send gay kids to see a psychiatrist
NASHVILLE, Tenn — Another new version of Tennessee’s Classroom Protection Act, more commonly known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, would require teachers to send gay students to see a psychiatrist.
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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is back, with new provision to ‘out’ LGBT students
A Tennessee lawmaker on Tuesday resurrected the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill which would prohibit teachers from discussing sexuality with their students, but with a new provision that would require school officials to “out” LGBT students to their parents.
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No vote on Tennessee’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill; measure dead this session
NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, will not be put to a final vote needed for passage in the Tennessee state House, according to the bill’s sponsor.
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Tennessee’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill delayed again; Governor says it’s unnecessary
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill — a measure that would limit all sexually related instruction to “natural human reproduction science” in kindergarten through eighth grade — was again delayed on Tuesday by its sponsor.
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Tennessee lawmaker delays ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, but not ‘backing off’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, scheduled to be heard by the Tennessee state House Education Committee today, has been delayed for up to three weeks while the bill’s sponsor works on its language.
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Tennessee lawmaker booted from local restaurant over anti-gay remarks
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State Sen. Stacey Campfield — the Knoxville lawmaker who is behind the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill making its way in the Tennessee state legislature — was ejected from Knoxville bistro on Sunday because of his anti-gay views.
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TN lawmaker claims it’s ‘virtually impossible to contract AIDS through heterosexual sex’
A Tennessee state lawmaker on Thursday claimed that HIV originated in the gay community by an airline pilot who had sex with monkey, and that it was “virtually impossible” to contract the disease through heterosexual sex.