A group of 24 Tennessee Republicans that introduced a bill to undermine same-sex marriage rights are financially backed by prominent corporations who publicly champion LGBTQ rights — including Amazon, Comcast and Cigna. The legislation has received widespread attention because, as introduced, it made child marriage legal in Tennessee.
So, to be clear, in Tennessee child marriage would be just A-OK. Marriage between two consenting same sex adults, not so much. What a backwards way of looking at things (but at the same time, so typical of today's Republicans).
This is what the Republicans have become, no wait, it's what they have been for the last 50 years -- it's just that now TFG has given them the confidence to state their intentions (and they're not good) about what they will do to our democratic republic if given power again. They cannot be allowed that!
Edited, I should have said 50 years when I posted it... ugh...
The desire and effort to degrade and dehumanize any group of humans shocks me every time I read about it. Every successful attempt to compress rights will pave the legal foundation for more compression until … what? I understand fundamental disagreements and have plenty of them, but I’m not able to reconcile why it’s acceptable to impose my will on others. Back to the money. As despicable as it is for companies to support these politicians when they publicly oppose what they stand for, at least the donations are extremely small and unlikely to affect much. I’m glad for the sunshine on it, even if the biggest impact is for companies and politicians to scramble in their quest to follow their own money before someone else does.
A friend with whom I share Popular Information responded: Doesn't this need a raised eyebrow? The donations listed are all "since 2020" and all modest--the highest, $19,000 to 13 of the of bill's sponsors. If I were involved in, eg, the Fed Ex decisions re political donations, I'd find this alienating. And as a observing citizen, not in my interests."
Is there a reason you do not include a link for interested readers to share their displeasure with the companies whose incongruencies are multiple and continuing yearly? You report on the same offenders regularly, so providing the appropriate link doesn’t seem to be a burden. Thanks for your consideration.
Thanks for this article. Please provide ways for us to contact the companies so we can register our complaints directly to them. I would call and email Amazon and the other corporations pointing out their incongruencies. Thanks!
Too many repeat offenders in all of these PI articles. AT&T, ComCast etc. Tennessee is on my list of places I would not live. Cool as Nashville is. No Thanks. The citizens vote these right wingers in. So what does that say about Tennessee.
First, thanks to Popular Info for excellent reporting! Second, this issue in TN is just one facet of the multi-headed monster of right-wing, anti-democratic extremism that we face every election that keeps enough of these religious bigots in power. Their goal is a mostly white, Christian nationalist agenda and they now say the quiet part out loud that there should not be a separation of church and state and every fabric of society should be entwined with their interpretation of Christian belief and practice. Everything from climate change denial to branding the Democrats as pedophiles to siding with Putin, etc will appeal to enough of them to make them a political force that although it comprises well less than half still persists due to gerrymandering and other voter suppression/nullification techniques. VERO! Vote every Republican out!
Great report, Judd. Tennessee is re-creating the world I was born into next door in Georgia, except for child marriage, of course, which was Erskine Caldwell, or some place abroad.
So, to be clear, in Tennessee child marriage would be just A-OK. Marriage between two consenting same sex adults, not so much. What a backwards way of looking at things (but at the same time, so typical of today's Republicans).
Thanks for keeping us informed of these bills. Very disturbing and infuriating.
These people are just...vile.
This is what the Republicans have become, no wait, it's what they have been for the last 50 years -- it's just that now TFG has given them the confidence to state their intentions (and they're not good) about what they will do to our democratic republic if given power again. They cannot be allowed that!
Edited, I should have said 50 years when I posted it... ugh...
Thank you so much for writing about our useless idiots here in Tennessee
The desire and effort to degrade and dehumanize any group of humans shocks me every time I read about it. Every successful attempt to compress rights will pave the legal foundation for more compression until … what? I understand fundamental disagreements and have plenty of them, but I’m not able to reconcile why it’s acceptable to impose my will on others. Back to the money. As despicable as it is for companies to support these politicians when they publicly oppose what they stand for, at least the donations are extremely small and unlikely to affect much. I’m glad for the sunshine on it, even if the biggest impact is for companies and politicians to scramble in their quest to follow their own money before someone else does.
A friend with whom I share Popular Information responded: Doesn't this need a raised eyebrow? The donations listed are all "since 2020" and all modest--the highest, $19,000 to 13 of the of bill's sponsors. If I were involved in, eg, the Fed Ex decisions re political donations, I'd find this alienating. And as a observing citizen, not in my interests."
Is there a reason you do not include a link for interested readers to share their displeasure with the companies whose incongruencies are multiple and continuing yearly? You report on the same offenders regularly, so providing the appropriate link doesn’t seem to be a burden. Thanks for your consideration.
Thanks for this article. Please provide ways for us to contact the companies so we can register our complaints directly to them. I would call and email Amazon and the other corporations pointing out their incongruencies. Thanks!
Common law marriage to a child would be fine in TN? Isn't that more along the
line of sex trafficking of minors? Thank
you Judd for keeping us aware of the
absolute idioacy of the republican party.
Too many repeat offenders in all of these PI articles. AT&T, ComCast etc. Tennessee is on my list of places I would not live. Cool as Nashville is. No Thanks. The citizens vote these right wingers in. So what does that say about Tennessee.
First, thanks to Popular Info for excellent reporting! Second, this issue in TN is just one facet of the multi-headed monster of right-wing, anti-democratic extremism that we face every election that keeps enough of these religious bigots in power. Their goal is a mostly white, Christian nationalist agenda and they now say the quiet part out loud that there should not be a separation of church and state and every fabric of society should be entwined with their interpretation of Christian belief and practice. Everything from climate change denial to branding the Democrats as pedophiles to siding with Putin, etc will appeal to enough of them to make them a political force that although it comprises well less than half still persists due to gerrymandering and other voter suppression/nullification techniques. VERO! Vote every Republican out!
Super, in-depth reporting! Thanks!!!
Great report, Judd. Tennessee is re-creating the world I was born into next door in Georgia, except for child marriage, of course, which was Erskine Caldwell, or some place abroad.