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Republicans Launch new Anti-LGBTQ Bill in Tennessee

By JRL Charts|2020-01-26T15:31:57-08:00January 26th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Business protection act, Chris Sanders, executive director, lgbt politics, Nashville LGBTQ politics, Republican Gov. Bill Lee, senator Paul Rose, Tennessee anti-LGBTQ bill, Tennessee Equality Project, Tennessee LGBTQ politics|

NASHVILLE, TN — (01-26-20) — Republicans launch another anti-LGBTQ Bill entitled the "Business Protection Act". Conservatives are pushing forward after Tennessee lawmakers successfully passed a “license to discriminate” bill covering adoption agencies against LGBTQ parents. Senator Paul Rose, a well known anti-LGBTQ Republican conservative who calls himself a Christian, is lobbying his fellow Lawmakers to [...]

Tennessee DA Craig Northcott Outrageous Statements on Gay Rights Goes Viral

COFFEE COUNTY, TN — (06-04-19) — Tennessee DA Craig Northcott has created a fire storm over his comments saying that Gay people aren't entitled to domestic violence protections. The controversial comments by the Tennessee prosecutor who recently faced calls to resign for calling Muslims inherently 'evil', has once again put his foot in his mouth [...]