A bill that would amend Tennessee Law so individuals and organizations could not be compelled to recognize same sex marriages will be heard in the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
HB1473, by Rep. Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood-District 61), states that private citizens and organizations would not be bound by the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment as dictated in Obergefell v Hodge and therefore are not “required to recognize a marriage or purported marriage between individuals of the same sex.”
It would also prohibit the Tennessee Judiciary board from disciplining, sanctioning, or threatening to discipline or sanction any person for “declining to celebrate or officiate at a marriage or commitment ceremony” that falls outside the state’s definition of marriage, which explicitly classifies the institution as between one man and one woman.
