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  2. LGBTQ rights in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the state's sodomy statute was unconstitutional in 1996 in the case of Campbell v. Sundquist. [4]In November 2023, the city of Murfreesboro within Rutherford County, Tennessee formally removed "homosexuality" from its local ordinance that criminalizes it [5] [6] after being ordered to do so by U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw on ...

  3. Same-sex adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some states granted full adoption rights to same-sex couples, while others banned same-sex adoption or only allowed one partner in a same-sex relationship to adopt the biological child of the other. On 31 March 2016, Federal District Court struck down Mississippi's ban on same-sex couple adoptions. [1]

  4. Same-sex adoption - Wikipedia

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    Same-sex adoption is the adoption of children or adults by same-sex couples. It may take the form of a joint adoption by the couple, or of the adoption by one partner of the other's biological child or adult (stepchild adoption). Joint adoption by same-sex couples is permitted in 39 countries.

  5. New Tennessee law allows officials to refuse to perform same ...

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    Hodges ruling in 2015 guaranteed the right to gay and lesbian couples. In 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a measure that also codified same-sex marriage into federal law, months after ...

  6. Appellate judges revive Jewish couple's lawsuit alleging ...

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    Appellate judges have revived a couple's lawsuit that alleges a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency wouldn't help them because they are Jewish and argues that a Tennessee law protecting such ...

  7. Jewish couple challenges Tennessee law after Christian ... - AOL

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    Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram said that a Tennessee bill allowed a state-funded agency to decline to help them in their adoption process. Jewish couple challenges Tennessee law after Christian ...

  8. Same-sex marriage in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    The group, supported by Fowler, alleged that the state was violating the Tennessee Constitution by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [39] A spokesperson for the National Center for Lesbian Rights said, "This is a political stunt, not a serious legal threat. If Fowler actually followed through on filing a lawsuit, it would be thrown ...

  9. ‘Family is more than biology’: Why LGBTQ+ women want to be ...

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    "I knew I wanted to help a gay male couple's family dreams come true," Lauren says, noting that she hopes to stay in the family's life as a sort of "auntie," just as the men have become "uncles ...