02/22/2026
In essence - Tennessee is just being a jerk, per usual. They are not banning same-s*x marriage (because the Supreme Court says they can’t!), they’re just finding yet another way to discriminate against gay and same s*x couples.
HB 1473 states that "private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges to recognize a marriage between individuals of the same s*x; prohibits the board of professional responsibility from disciplining or sanctioning an attorney for declining to officiate a marriage between two persons of the same s*x."
A bill that says same-s*x marriages do not have to be recognized in the state of Tennessee was passed by the Tennessee House of Representatives on Thursday.
