TN Cuts off Straights to Spite Gays.
Legislation designed to restrict the rights of LGBT individuals and couples is by no means unusual. But laws that go as far as to restrict straight individuals and couples, and even children, in the process of restricting LGBTs are becoming commonplace as the anti-gay lobby advances its agenda. Such is the case in Tennessee where two proposed laws would ban adoptions by any unmarried cohabitating couples, be they gay or straight. SB3910 and HB3713 are identical acts proposed in the TN Senate and House that would prohibit adoptions by “cohabitating adults in a sexual relationship” whether straight or gay.
It is the opinion of the general assembly that:
it is not in a child’s best interest to be adopted by a person who is cohabitating in a sexual relationship that is not a legally valid and binding marriage under the constitution and laws of this state.
Somehow single parents are acceptable to the general assembly though cohabitating parents are not. Methinks it has less to do with the children and more to do with hating gay people. I’m amazed they didn’t simply ban gay parents outright with the traditional “kids need a mommy and a daddy” argument. But perhaps they believe they’re creative with this method.
Maybe if straight couples rise up and fight, or if there’s a sudden dearth of adoptive couples the insanity of these bills will be made apparent. Sadly often takes such extremes for the oppression of the minorities to be overturned.
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