#Tennessee has passed a state law which effectively guts the #MarriageEqualityAct.

This is being sold to voters as a way to not force #CountyClerks & other officials to obey the law of the land, and allow them to practice their misguided beliefs. The problem is, #marriages CANNOT be legal without the signature of these officials.

It will also allow officials to discriminate against #InterracialMarriages and #InterfaithMarriages.

Their firm knowledge that the current #Conservative #SCOTUS bench will almost certainly refuse to uphold the #Constitution and existing laws, in favor of their own #bigoted ideology, is really emboldening the #KKK and other #GOP voters there.

#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GayMarriageBill #GayMarriage #Tennessee #KuKluxKlan #MarriageEquality #MarriageLaw

https://newrepublic.com/post/171025/tennessee-house-bill-gutting-marriage-equality

@alessa_ed

So did the #respectformarriageact force states to recognize #lgbtq marriages and #interracialmarriages?

For example, if, once my #idaho marriage was dissolved by #SCOTUS, I crossed the border into Washington, got married once again to my spouse, #idaho would have to offer state benefits in all areas including taxation and healthcare?

and what of the 16 states that still have interracial marriage bans in the books?

@QasimRashid

#MitchMcConell #InterracialMarriages

He voted against the bill because it didn't allow marriage to animals (a.k.a. turtles).

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/senate-republicans-vote-same-sex-marriage

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