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Tennessee House passes bill allowing private citizens to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages (www.wsmv.com)

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

These fucking POS headlines really piss me off. This is so private companies can discriminate, keep people off their insurance, etc.

The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a controversial bill Thursday that would allow private citizens and organizations to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages without facing punishment.

House Bill 1473, filed by Republican Representative Gino Bulso, of Brentwood, would not outlaw same-sex marriages but legally establishes that people outside of government don’t have to recognize same-sex marriages as valid and cannot be punished for it.

The legislation also states that private people and groups aren’t bound by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees due process and outlaws discrimination at the state level.

Opponents worry the bill would allow private hospitals, banks and other businesses to refuse to do business with gay and lesbian couples. They fear it could eventually allow private discrimination against bi-racial couples, immigrants and others.

[-] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

This is great for the shareholders.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah that's straight up an attempt to relegalize segregation

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