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Some might've heard of the Tennessee politician who pushed a bill to ignore the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling. If passed, the fed could've forced compliance in various ways, but for certain the state would've lost $8.5 BILLION in federal funds - medicaid etc. It came to a vote anyway, and was defeated
Sponsor of Tennessee's anti-gay marriage bill is undaunted by potential $8.5 billion cost | Times Free Press
Now a lawyer for the hate group FRC has suggested the south could've dodged enforcement of Brown vs Board by eliminating public education. Along those lines, he believes now it should eliminate marriage altogether and is suing (which he hopes the same Supreme Court will side with him on) to make this happen, just so gay couples can't marry. That's how much he despises equality
Anti-Gay Marriage Attorney Wonders Why States Didn't Use His Strategy to Fight Desegregation - Towleroad
"Fowler’s lawsuit rests on his theory that because the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Tennessee’s same-sex marriage ban in Obergefell v. Hodges, the state’s entire marriage statute is invalid, so no one can get married in Tennessee unless and until the Legislature passes a new one."
Unlike the first failed bill, some republicans are publicly supporting this lawsuit
Is anyone surprised to see this tactic? Any chance it will succeed? Do southerners just hate lgbt so much they'd rather see their own marriage annulled, or is the FRC just a band of extremists who don't speak for them?
Also, which southern or midwest state will be the next to soil itself over this issue? Kentucky had kim davis, alabama had its chief justice, indiana had "RFRA", texas had ted cruz...
Sponsor of Tennessee's anti-gay marriage bill is undaunted by potential $8.5 billion cost | Times Free Press
Now a lawyer for the hate group FRC has suggested the south could've dodged enforcement of Brown vs Board by eliminating public education. Along those lines, he believes now it should eliminate marriage altogether and is suing (which he hopes the same Supreme Court will side with him on) to make this happen, just so gay couples can't marry. That's how much he despises equality
Anti-Gay Marriage Attorney Wonders Why States Didn't Use His Strategy to Fight Desegregation - Towleroad
"Fowler’s lawsuit rests on his theory that because the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Tennessee’s same-sex marriage ban in Obergefell v. Hodges, the state’s entire marriage statute is invalid, so no one can get married in Tennessee unless and until the Legislature passes a new one."
Unlike the first failed bill, some republicans are publicly supporting this lawsuit
Is anyone surprised to see this tactic? Any chance it will succeed? Do southerners just hate lgbt so much they'd rather see their own marriage annulled, or is the FRC just a band of extremists who don't speak for them?
Also, which southern or midwest state will be the next to soil itself over this issue? Kentucky had kim davis, alabama had its chief justice, indiana had "RFRA", texas had ted cruz...