Tennessee Takes Step Toward Letting People Refuse To Marry LGBTQ+ Couples
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The state Senate passed a bill that would allow someone to refuse to officiate a wedding due to “the person’s conscience or religious beliefs.”
The Tennessee Senate passed a bill Monday evening that would allow people to refuse to perform a marriage that they don’t personally agree with.
Senate Bill 596 says “a person shall not be required to solemnize a marriage if the person has an objection to solemnizing the marriage based on the person’s conscience or religious beliefs.”
State Rep. Monty Fritts (R), the sponsor of an identical companion bill in the state House, said last year that the bill was created “simply and clearly to protect the rights of the officiate or officiates of wedding ceremonies.”
However, Tennessee law currently does not require anyone to officiate a marriage if they don’t want to.
The Senate bill has been substituted with the identical House bill. It will move on to the House for the next vote.
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