Tennessee Legislature moves quickly to nullify Nashville's newly adopted nondiscrimination ordinance

[Newsjock]

Source: Nashville City Paper

Nashville’s anti-gay bias ordinance was adopted less than 24 hours ago (Tuesday), and already the state legislature is taking steps to nullify it.

Without debate, the House Commerce Subcommittee voted for legislation Wednesday to bar all Tennessee cities from enacting their own policies against gay, lesbian and/or transgender discrimination. The action was taken by voice vote, with no lawmaker offering audible opposition.

... When lawmakers voted against the similar bill a month ago, they said they were against state government telling cities what to do. The Family Action Council’s David Fowler said social conservatives managed to overcome that opposition by narrowing their proposal to the gay issue.

... Fowler defended his organization’s video, saying it did not intend to paint gays or transgender people as child molesters. If Nashville’s ordinance were allowed to stand, “you don’t know whether a person’s in (the women’s restroom) lawfully or not in there lawfully.”

Read more: http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/legislature-moves-quickly-nullify-councils-newly-adopted-nondiscrimination-ordinan

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Thank gawd the GOP is here to keep government out of people's business.

[indepat]

2. The Tennessee legislature: a true piece of work and the governor shall likewise soon be known by his

works. :patriot:

[socialist_n_TN]

3. Yep. They're only "small government" when it comes to

corporations. When it comes to lifestyles, Big Brother here we come. It's like I used to say during the Reagan years, they want to get government off your back! And into your bedroom.

BTW, congrats to my town for TRYING to do the morally right thing.