Tennessee Republicans

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  Tennessee lawmakers give OK to child marriage as insult to loving gay couples

  A "family values" group doesn't want to stop 50-year-old men from marrying 10-year-olds because same-sex marriages are an "abomination."

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  Tennessee just passed a new law meant to undermine LGBTQ rights

  Courts will need to use the "ordinary meaning" of words in laws that use "husband and wife." In other words, those laws won't apply to same-sex couples.

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  LGBTQ protest at Tennessee capitol spurs Republican crackdown on security

  The clamor for tighter security follows allegations that protesters last week disrupted state business and vandalized a legislative aide's flower vase.

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