It’s not just the ridiculous “Don’t Say Gay” Bill in Tennessee, which is apparently fighting tooth and nail to outdo Oklahoma in the “America’s Dumbest State” contest. There’s another bill, sponsored by “small government social conservatives,” which seeks to take away the right of individual towns to pass anti-discrimination ordinances that [horrors!] include LGBT people:
A proposal that would prohibit local governments from creating anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than the state’s is headed for a full Senate vote after passing a Senate panel on Monday.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet was approved 6-3 in the Senate State and Local Government Committee. The companion bill passed the House 73-24 last month.
The proposal would void a Nashville ordinance barring companies that discriminate against gays and lesbians from doing business with the city.
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The Nashville ordinance prohibits companies that discriminate because of sexual orientation or gender identity from receiving city contracts. It does not apply to local governments’ hiring policies for their own workers.
You read that correctly. The city of Nashville made the very grown-up decision to pass an ordinance stating that city contractors may not discriminate against LGBT people, and, as they so often do, wingnut hordes lost their marbles and advanced a very “big government” bill to make sure Tennessee is one of the first places that comes to mind when someone says the words “rancid backwater.”
It should, of course, be noted that this issue was settled in Romer v. Evans in 1996, and that the fact that wingnut Mae Beavers and her friends are wasting the state’s time on this is a dereliction of their duties as public officials.
[h/t Joe]
Why are radical anti-gay activists wasting taxpayer time and money in Tennessee in order to impose their “religious beliefs” on everyone else? Anti-gay activists are free to believe what they want. They are not, however, free to redefine the Constitution for the rest of us.
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Gotta love her name though… :P
hmmm, we’re planning a vacation to Asheville NC, and discussed a side trip to Dollywood in TN. I’m thinking we should keep our gay dollars out of TN.
Wayne, you are an asset to the homosexual agenda. you are a gifted, talented wordsmith that would be the pride of any big corporation’s public relations division. The pen truly is more powerful than the sword, and choosing JUST THE RIGHT WORDS, and, in sequence, especially a soundbyte, can advance your cause dramatically. What can I say, brother, you have it. You’re reaching the hearts and minds, and most of them are not even noticing the wool being carefully lowered over their brow, or the drool forming at the corner of their mouth as their being dumbed-down. And you know as well as I do that Joe Public can be swayed when his worldly awareness is dumbed-down enough where he feels complacency in his blissful ignorance. And you know the value of ‘drool’, because when you see that drool…MORAL UPBRINGING – BYEBYE! And then…BRING ON THE LAME DUCK CONGRESS. What suckers! They don’t even read the bills they sign! But seriously, Wayne, you gotta contort your juicy message and make it palatable to preschoolers. You gotta think like a childrens-book writer. And make sure the school board/dept. of education conceals these efforts to their parents waiting at home. Because stealth, deluding, feigned rightious indignity, and slick enticing propaganda – those are conducive to the deluding dumb-down required to sneak your issues into Law. Oh, and hey! – the ‘school bullying’ issue you’ve cleverly latched onto, that was brilliant! Because what Deluded Dumb-Down could ever object to fighting school bullying?! Vegas, Baby! You guys are on a roll! Jackpot! Morality’s on the ropes, guys, now finish up strong!!
Don’t.
Because I’m on a ‘Call-a-Spade’ Campaign’, and I’m shooting holes in the Gay Agenda inside the relevent public forums. And my unsheathed pen will rip and tear the endearing fabric that shields your real agenda.
I guess, judging by jgza’s comment anyone who can type can post here. Does the message make sense to anyone because to me it reads like he just typed random words hoping they’d add up to something.
Jgza said “Oh, and hey! – the ’school bullying’ issue you’ve cleverly latched onto, that was brilliant! Because what Deluded Dumb-Down could ever object to fighting school bullying?!”.
You, obviously.
Jgza, the essence of morality is do whatever you want, but harm no one. Gayness is by definition moral and your attempts to oppress gays are by definition immoral. I know you’re upset that logic, fairness, and justice necessarily lead to LGBT equality but you’ll get used to the idea and come to accept it as the right thing to have done.
Well, I read jgza’s post twice and could not really figure it out until the last statement about “shooting holes in the (infamous) gay agenda”. I must say that you will be a complete success in your “Call-A Spade” campaign if you make the holes as big as the one in your head.
You are one of many, many, many clowns on that side that actually know anything about civil equality, legal equality, full constitutional citizen equality. All you knuckle-heads have is your bigotry and animosity against the imagined demons of “the gay”. Give it a rest, loser.
@jzga
You’re a moron, and you also apparently can’t read a byline, but of course, I am being redundant.
@jzga WTF?!?! I mean seriously what the hell was that all about. Your argument is the tantamount of me running around screaming the sky is a different color and you are all idiots for not seeing it.
Me: “What color? What specifically is different about it”
You: “Your an idiot the wool is being pulled over your eyes man, I cant believe how stupid you are for not seeing it”
ME: WTF?!?!
Not once did you give any specific scenario, explanation or justification for your rambling. Not one tiny glimpse of reasoning, logic or deductive skills. Not a shred.
So for you my friend I would argue that your screaming about how smart you are not realizing we are all laughing at you because your insane. Simple bonkers, off your rocker…
Simply put…. Wheels turning but the hamsters dead.
Now here are my keys. Jingle jingle… run along and play sweetie and let the grown ups talk ok?
“my unsheathed pen will rip and tear the endearing fabric that shields your real agenda” wow…good luck with that.
my unsheathed pen will rip and tear the endearing fabric that shields your real agenda…
oh, my.
Daddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Uh, oh.
I guess we should pack it in before jgza rips our shield fabric. Our “agenda” is doomed!!
Wait, what’s this about the Gay Agenda again? Mr. Besen, I thought I was on your mailing list! Why am I not getting memos?
Don’t be too upset Vi, I apparently missed a few meetings as well.
jgza, your comment represents evidence that Wayne and the others at TWO are doing a great job. They make bigoted mouth-foamers, like you, utterly insane with rage, and that has to be gratifying.