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Vote NO on SB562/HB233 in Senate Judiciary or House Children & Family Affairs

Please, vote NO on SB562/HB233 in Senate Judiciary on March 22 or in House Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee on March 23.
The bill creates a marriage registration process. It is an attempt to side-step the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision.
First, it doesn't matter how many legal backflips are contained in the whereas clauses. If these new marriages envisaged by the bill are registered with the county and the State of Tennessee, the Fourteenth Amendment still applies. That means that the State and county cannot deny equal protection of the law and that is what the courts will find. This bill would be struck down if it is used to deny a marriage to a same-sex couple.
Second,  the far-reaching changes to our marriage license laws in this bill have not been adequately vetted. We don't know all the areas of family law it might affect. I urge you to ask as many questions as possible about this new marriage scheme. How does it affect divorce law, inheritance, adoption, etc.?
Furthermore, as legislators indicated in a recent House subcommittee hearing, the bill would cause many administrative changes for county offices that have to administer it. They don't need additional burdens.
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