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Alexis Hurley signed The People's Petition Against the Slate of Hate 2023-02-26 19:21:57 -0600Please, from the bottom of my heart do not pass this bill please. As a government you should be caring for the health of your citizens, not attacking, not harming them. Passing this will result in so many lives lost. It is clear that you as a government do not care about bodily autonomy and ripping the rights away from people. I am scared, this isn’t the world I want to live in. This isn’t the country I want to live in. What happened to the separation of church and state? What happened to loving and accepting others? I no longer feel safe in this country!
I want to live in a better world, as a government official, why are you not doing such? Why are you not wanting to help and love others? You only care about your own agendas and controlling your citizens…
This is a violation of human rights; trans rights are human rightsThe People's Petition Against the Slate of Hate
The people of Tennessee are speaking out against bills that result in discrimination against LGBTQ people in our state. Here is our statement with a summary of the bills.
Add signature"As residents of Tennessee, we oppose these bills in the Tennessee General Assembly. They promote discrimination rather than justice and demean the worth of LGBTQ people in our state. We call on people of good will to join us in speaking out for basic fairness."
The bills are:
SB848/HB1152 by Sen. Hensley and Rep. Ragan and SB1304/HB836 by Sen. Pody and Rep. Rudd. These bills promote state-sanctioned discrimination by private adoption agencies against prospective parents on the basis of religious and moral objection.
SB364/HB563 by Sen. Gardenhire and Rep. Zachary. The Business License to Discriminate bill. The bill casts businesses rather than the LGBTQ community as possible victims of discrimination and opens the door to taxpayer funded discrimination.
SB1297/HB1151 by Sen. Pody and Rep. Ragan. While the bill seems to be about indecent exposure, its original text is a devious attempt to criminalize transgender and gender nonconforming people in restrooms and locker rooms. The bill has been amended in a House subcommittee to remove the portions targeting the transgender community. We want to make sure the amendment remains on the bill.
SB1499/HB1274 by Sen. Hensley and Rep. Holt. This bill requires the Attorney General to defend school districts that engage in anti-transgender bathroom discrimination.
SB1282/HB1369 by Sen. Pody and Rep. J. Sexton. The Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act is an attack on marriage equality.
