I expect Sheila Butt will be busier'n a one-armed paper hanger again this session, too.

Thus far, her only bill I know anything about is HB 1418 / SB 1439, which is her objection to the state's seventh grade social studies curriculum covering in part an overview of the development of all the world's major religions (including but not limited to Islam).

Summary:

As introduced, prohibits the state board from including religious doctrine in the curriculum standards for grades prior to grades 10 through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

If enacted as introduced, this bill would also preclude high school freshmen from taking several courses that are presently open to them, each of which touches on religious belief systems, including Ancient History, Mythology, and--I assume Butt doesn't know this--Bible Studies.

Full disclosure is that even I have been approached by a couple of people upset by the seventh grade social studies curriculum, although its scant religious content is strictly descriptive, not persuasive, as to doctrine.

So I'm sure Butt has her supporters and neither is this proposal "hilarious," per the thread topic I invited, but it's still pretty lame.

Despite what you liberal believe the SCOTUS has no authority to create laws and that was exactly what they did when they handed down their decision this past June.

They also silenced 82% of the population in the State of Tennessee who overwhelmingly stated that the sanctity of marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman.

I applaud Senator Beavers and Representative Pody for standing up for the 82% who were silenced.

The only thing that is laughable about this is all of you who believe it is ok for the SCOTUS and the Federal Government to take away more and more States Rights.

Anyone with any decency and good sense will support HB 1412 / SB 1437. Homosexuals can now pull a marriage license, but in reality they can never marry, since marriage involves the act of copulation.

Are you saying that people with certain disabilities cannot marry? Will the county clerks require a demonstration of function?

...that the voucher bill is being set for Tuesday in budget sub to coincide with the date on which two reliable "no" votes are going to be absent.

Conservatives/Republicans always like to talk about states rights of course.
And of course some states felt it was a right to have slaves. So I guess Lincoln should have acquienced to that.
It still amazes me how the parties have switched.
Republicans use to be for fairness and equality or so it seems to me.Democrats were for the big bosses and rife with corruption.
I guess at some point it changed, likely around the time of President Johnson and the southern strategy the Republicans invoked where they mortgaged their souls to appease the segregationists in the south back then.

Concerning the Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act, opponents have created a petition at Change.org.

Please consider signing it.