The bill is called the Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act, which states, in part: The historical institution and legal contract solemnizing the relationship of one man and one woman shall be the only legally recognized marital contract in this state.
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Even if the bill passes-which seems unlikely, as even the state’s conservative Republican governor has said same-sex marriage is the law of the land-there’s no way it would hold up on appeal.
Beavers also went on to say that the people in Tennessee should stand up against judicial tyranny, and then went onto say that Thomas Jefferson tried to warn us about this many years ago.
Tennessee is state in which voters had overwhelmingly passed an amendment banning same-sex marriage back in 2006, but the state – like the other 49 in the union – has been precluded from banning the distribution of gay marriage licenses following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the matter. That is exactly what is going on in Tennessee, as two lawmakers in the state just unveiled a new bill that would nullify gay marriage within the state completely.
Immediately following the so-called “JV debate”, second-tier Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum sat down with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews for a lively session of “Hardball” over Santorum’s extreme position on same-sex marriage and more illuminatingly, his absurd stance on judicial review.
Whereas, not all orders claiming authority under color of law are in fact lawful.
The bill says the attorney general must defend any state or local official from any lawsuit that could – and would – arise if the bill is enacted. The decision came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide and months after the Arkansas court heard arguments in its case.
Other lawmakers already introduced a bill to “protect” clergy members from being forced to officiate same-sex weddings.
Supporters said the Supreme Court’s ruling was unconstitutional and paved the way “for an all-out assault on the religious freedoms of Christians who disagree with it”.
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Lawmakers return to legislative work when the General Assembly reconvenes in January.
