Tennessee governor signs bill allowing public officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages
thehill.com
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a bill Wednesday allowing public officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages.
State lawmakers approved Tennessee House Bill 878 last week. The legislation states people “shall not be required to solemnize a marriage” if they refuse to doing so based on their “conscience or religious beliefs.” According to the Tennessee Legislature website, the governor signed the bill Wednesday.
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Didn't this already get knocked down in another state?
Edit: Kim Davis in Kentucky tried this and failed.
And is now fined over $100k for her bullshit LOL. Who's going to be the next idiot to throw their life savings away?
Life savings? Governor? No sir, that was a couple years' savings at most (I assume. Most politicians like that might not be paid EXTREME amounts for their public office, but their speaking engagements and stock portfolios are no joke)
Governor? She was a clerk.
Oh my bad, I thought we were still talking about governors and wasn't familiar with her
Nah, see, when politicians pass laws like this and cost the state massive amounts of time and money fighting over it in court, fuck-all happens to them. When a random state employee decides on her own one day, "fuck them queers" and acts on it, she gets consequences. Or at least, she used to. Goddess knows what to expect here going forward.