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From 2009 to 2012, a majority (from 52% to 61%) approved legalizing same-gender adoption, [28] with greater support expressed among young people than among those over 65 years of age. [28] Results also showed that 85% of the Democrats asked were in support of same-sex adoption, while only 23% of the Republicans asked were in support of it. [28]
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 ...
On 16 October 1984, a 57-year-old man petitioned to adopt his 50-year-old partner, as they have been living together for over 25 years. They shared a "homosexual relationship and wanted an adoption for social, financial and emotional reasons". [ 15 ]
LGBTQ foster parents say the policy change from Bethany Christian Services is "wonderful."
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.
Last year, Tennessee became the first state in the nation to enact a law aimed at limiting drag queens from performing in the state before the law was later struck down in court. For more from NBC ...
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 ...
The amendment required approval by the General Assembly in the following year's legislative session. On February 28, 2005, the Senate approved it by a vote of 29–3, and on March 17 the House approved it by a vote of 88–7. [5] On November 7, 2006, Tennessee voters approved the amendment by 81.3% to 18.7%. [6]