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Tennessee House Bill 878 is a proposed state law in the U.S. state of Tennessee, granting an individual the right to refuse to solemnize a marriage if the individual has a religious or conscience-based objection to that partnership. [1] The law was passed in 2024 and signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. [2]
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a new law that will allow public officials in the state to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if doing so goes against their beliefs.
In 1996, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted a statute banning same-sex marriages. [4] This ban was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2015. On May 6, 2004, the House of Representatives approved Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, by a vote of 85–5.
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the state's sodomy statute was unconstitutional in 1996 in the case of Campbell v. Sundquist. [4]In November 2023, the city of Murfreesboro within Rutherford County, Tennessee formally removed "homosexuality" from its local ordinance that criminalizes it [5] [6] after being ordered to do so by U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw on ...
Even though the bill doesn't specifically address same-sex marriages, critics say it means LGBTQ+ couples could be denied their right to marry. Tennessee bill could allow officials to decline same ...
A bill prohibiting marriage between first cousins is headed to the Tennessee governor’s desk after the state house overwhelmingly voted to pass the measure Thursday.
States have various laws regarding marriage between cousins and other close relatives, [201] which involve factors including whether or not the parties to the marriage are half-cousins, double cousins, infertile, over 65, or whether it is a tradition prevalent in a native or ancestry culture, adoption status, in-law, whether or not genetic ...
The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send GOP Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban marriage between first cousins. The House cast a 75-2 vote Thursday on the ...