Stop using religion to discriminate in Tennessee

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On April 18, 2016 about 30 pastors shamefully stood in Legislative Plaza and spoke in favor of the anti-transgender student bathroom bill.  And religion was used to advance the counseling discrimination bill.  Many more clergy across Tennessee publicly opposed both bills.

Whether you're religious or not, aren't you tired of religion being used to support discrimination in our laws?  If so, endorse this statement:

We oppose the use of religion to justify discrimination in Tennessee law.  To use religion to divide us in our public life violates the spirit of the U.S. and Tennessee Constitutions, does harm to the people of Tennessee, and brings scandal to religion.

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  • Chris S
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:44:29 -0500
  • Dee Davidson
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:44:21 -0500
  • Susan Wiltshire
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:43:49 -0500
  • Jacques René Sirois
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:43:41 -0500
    I endorse we stop the use of religion to discriminate. We are always up in arms about Church and State, let’s not let Religion discriminate again the LGBTQ community
  • Jennifer Hall
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:43:36 -0500
  • Jennifer Hall
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:43:34 -0500
  • Sandra Robinson
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:42:36 -0500
  • Michael Bynum
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:41:28 -0500
  • Laura Hoffman
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:39:38 -0500
  • Timothy Strobl
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:39:14 -0500
  • genevieve heth
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:37:15 -0500
  • Donna Sherwood
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-04-21 10:36:49 -0500
    I'm tired of religion being used to discriminate in Tennessee. Aren't you?
  • Stephen Henry
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:36:33 -0500
  • Tonja Mason
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:36:26 -0500
    Religion has no justifiable place in the making of our laws. Freedom FROM Religion.
  • Donna and Dr. Vance Sherwood
    endorsed via 2016-04-21 10:35:38 -0500
    How can you say that you trust God and that God is in control and then continue to try to interfere in God’s business in the state house? Work on getting health care for all Tennesseeans. That would be a worthy task for the state legislature.
  • Crystal McCullough
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:34:09 -0500
    My God is a God of LOVE, not of hate.
  • Will Cousar
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:29:18 -0500
    church / state – keep them separate
  • William MacGillivray
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:23:00 -0500
    It is important to stay focused that the issue is not religion but the attempts of others to impose their religious views on other religious (as well as non-religious) people.
  • Michael Garrett
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:21:48 -0500
  • Teresa Berryessa
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:19:47 -0500
  • Pat Foken
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:18:49 -0500
  • Peter Lamb
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:16:45 -0500
    I heartily endorse the necessary separation of religion and state. No laws can be made that respect any religious establishment.
  • Alexandra Chambers
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:16:20 -0500
  • Tony Poland
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-04-21 10:16:09 -0500
    I'm tired of religion being used to discriminate in Tennessee. Aren't you?
  • Tony Poland
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:15:29 -0500
    There is no excuse for using religion as a battering ram against minorities except bigotry.
  • Mary Elizabeth Vance
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:14:30 -0500
    Even as an LGBT Christian, I have been discriminated against because of the religious bigotry of others who do not share my understanding of spirituality as a conduit for loving people. Religion should not be about hate, and it should not have any bearing on the sway of legislation.
  • Stan and Jennie Young
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:09:08 -0500
  • tamie cox
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:08:30 -0500
  • Jennifer Good
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:06:42 -0500
  • Amina Dilawari
    endorsed 2016-04-21 10:05:16 -0500

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