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A Tennessee city abandons its ban on being gay in public

Religious figures in the state have previously been permitted to refuse to marry same-sex couples. Representatives for Lee and state Sen. Republican state Rep. Hodges ruling in guaranteed the right to gay and lesbian couples. In , President Joe Biden signed into law a measure that also codified same-sex marriage into federal law, months after the fall of Roe v.

Tennessee's Equality Profile

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Why Tennessee ranks as high risk for gay and transgender people

The removal of "homosexuality" from the list of indecent behaviors went into effect on Nov. Although the ACLU welcomed the change, the group is proceeding with the lawsuit in the hope that courts will declare the ordinance unconstitutional. In the meantime, local officials have used the "public decency" ordinance to home in on another target: library books.