Amid a renewed conservative push to roll back marriage equality, a bill allowing businesses & individuals to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages just passed a legislative chamber.
It is plainly obvious that “LGB without the T” was an utter failure of the mostly white, cis “pick-me” types to convince conservatives not to come after them (if such a movement was real to begin with, and not some astroturfed campaign put on by the right).
Using trans and nonbinary people as a bargaining chip got everyone precisely *nothing* except for a fractured coalition, a draconian crackdown on the mere existence of trans people, and an emboldened far right hellbent on mainstreaming bigotry against all marginalized people.
"Republicans are ready to begin their crusade against the rest of the rights the LGBTQ+ community has fought decades to obtain."
If only someone has been saying this for the last decade... they were never going to stop at trans people, we are just the testing ground and scapegoat.
Would anyone know if this applies to same-sex marriages certified by other states or even countries, rather than in Tennessee? Got example if a marriage was registered in California or in Canada, would there be any additional legal protection?
There would be no additional protections. The Full Faith and Credit Clause only binds state governments to the actions and records of other state governments. Even then, there are exceptions to this (see: ID & birth certificate laws surrounding trans people), but it doesn't apply to businesses or individuals, no.
Thanks for your reporting, Aleksandra.
It is plainly obvious that “LGB without the T” was an utter failure of the mostly white, cis “pick-me” types to convince conservatives not to come after them (if such a movement was real to begin with, and not some astroturfed campaign put on by the right).
Using trans and nonbinary people as a bargaining chip got everyone precisely *nothing* except for a fractured coalition, a draconian crackdown on the mere existence of trans people, and an emboldened far right hellbent on mainstreaming bigotry against all marginalized people.
"Republicans are ready to begin their crusade against the rest of the rights the LGBTQ+ community has fought decades to obtain."
If only someone has been saying this for the last decade... they were never going to stop at trans people, we are just the testing ground and scapegoat.
States I will not set foot in until this regime is gone: Florida, Texas, Kansas, Idaho, and now Tennessee.
Texas, Tennessee, Indiana, et al, are in a race to be North Korean satellites, bowing to the wishes of dear leader “Kim Jun Trump” 💔😪
Would anyone know if this applies to same-sex marriages certified by other states or even countries, rather than in Tennessee? Got example if a marriage was registered in California or in Canada, would there be any additional legal protection?
There would be no additional protections. The Full Faith and Credit Clause only binds state governments to the actions and records of other state governments. Even then, there are exceptions to this (see: ID & birth certificate laws surrounding trans people), but it doesn't apply to businesses or individuals, no.