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Jeffrey Keeran signed Governor Haslam, Fight for trans students and against SB2387/HB2414 via Holly Keeran 2016-04-10 15:37:48 -0500
Governor Haslam, Fight for trans students and against SB2387/HB2414
Please, join us in encouraging Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to fight against this attack on transgender students.
Add signatureDear Governor Haslam,
We call on you to do everything in your power to lobby against passage of SB2387/HB2414, the anti-transgender student bathroom bill. We also ask that you VETO the bill if it reaches your desk.
The bill endangers vulnerable students and it risks significant U.S. Department of Education funds to Tennessee. If this bill became law, the enforcement would be a nightmare for school districts across the state.
Show the world that Tennessee is a welcoming state. Thank you for considering our views.
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Jeffrey Keeran endorsed via Holly Keeran 2016-04-10 15:26:16 -0500I find laws that seek to disenfranchise or marginalize the LGBT community to be abhorrent. Not only will these laws cost the state to miss out on important business opportunities, but they make us all appear to be backwards, fearful bigots, and I think that’s a misrepresentation of who Tennesseans are. In the end, it’s reasonable to believe, these laws will be struck down in court as civil rights violations. The state will certainly have to defend them at the taxpayer’s expense. Please consider spending your time and our money in more constructive ways. Thank you.
Keep Tennessee Open For Business
The response to discriminatory laws in Indiana, North Carolina, and Mississippi makes it clear that everyone is affected. So we all have a role to play in making sure that Tennessee is able to attract good jobs and keep our economy open for business. That includes conservatives, independents, and business people, too. Please, endorse Keep Tennessee Open For Business. Use your voice and your influence to speak out for a prosperous Tennessee.
Economic opportunity allows individuals to live up to their potential and keeps families strong. Discriminatory laws in other states have resulted in billions of dollars of losses because of boycotts and companies reconsidering their investments . Tennessee cannot afford to go down that road. Legislation like HB1840, which allows counselors to discriminate, and HB2414, which micromanages which bathrooms students are allowed to use, risks Tennessee's prosperity.
I endorse Keep Tennessee Open For Business to say that I stand for economic opportunity for our state and against discriminatory legislation that poses a threat to our future.
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