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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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Tenn. man wants to be President of U.S. on all Christian, all anti-gay platform
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee man has announced his candidacy for President of the United States, saying he will run on an an explicitly Christian, anti-gay platform.
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Tenn. wedding venue changes policy, will now host same-sex ceremonies
NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee wedding venue that told two Iraq war veterans they could not host their commitment ceremony because same-sex marriage is illegal, has changed their policy and will now open their facilities to same-sex couples.
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Tenn. venue tells Iraq war vets to take their commitment ceremony elsewhere
NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. — Two Iraq war veterans planning their same-sex commitment ceremony say they have been told by a Tennessee wedding venue to go elsewhere because same-sex marriage is illegal in the state.
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Appeals court stays ruling that Tenn. recognize marriages of three gay couples
A federal appeals court has issued a stay in a district court’s ruling that the state of Tennessee must recognize the legal out-of-state marriages of three same-sex couples .
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Lesbian couple named mother and father on daughter’s Tenn. birth certificate
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A baby girl born to same-sex parents who are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s ban on same-sex marriage, is the first child in the state to have two mothers listed on her birth certificate.
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Tenn. OKs religious freedom bill that could be a ‘license to bully’ gay students
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee state Senate on Monday passed a bill that seeks to expand religious liberty protections for students in public schools, a measure critics say could lead to hate speech against gays, and others, in public schools, all in the name of religion.
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Judge denies stay in ruling that Tenn. recognize three out-of-state gay marriages
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge on Thursday refused to issue a stay in her preliminary decision last week ordering the state of Tennessee to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples while the case is proceeds in federal court.
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Tenn. appeals ruling that state recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s governor is asking a federal judge to put her ruling requiring the state to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples on hold while a higher court weighs in on the case.
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Federal judge orders Tenn. to recognize marriages of three same-sex couples
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge ordered the state of Tennessee on Friday to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples while their lawsuit against the state works its way through the court system.