By Turner McCullough Jr. | May 28, 2009

QuoteOpposition to the bill came forward with false claims that it would criminalize religious speech. This claim ignores the reality that not a single case has ever been filed against a minister under current statue for promoting intolerance or denying understanding of the transgendered community.

Opponents also falsely claimed that the bill would protect pedophiles. Here again, no logical argument has ever been made that "gender identity or expression" has any connection with pedophilia.

If the paedophile/arrest the minister trope works in New Hampshire, then Tennessee should have no problem with it. In fact, I would think that they'll have a regular field-day with it in Nashville.

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http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/05/tblg-discrimination-protections-voted.html

Posted by Monica Roberts at 11:15 AM

TBLG Discrimination Protections Voted Down in Shelby County, TN Commission Committee

TransGriot Note: Memphis has witnessed several transpeople either being beat down, killed or injured last year. In addition to that, GLBT peeps living there experience discrimination like they do everywhere else.

Of course, when someone proposes an ordinance to attack the discrimination issue, out come the Christobigots. It's worse anytime you have a megahate church like Bellevue Baptist in the vicinity.

Pay particular attention to the comments of Shelby County commissioner Archie Bunker, oops Wyatt Bunker. Give you one guess where he attends church.

The city of Memphis majority is black. Most whites live outside the city limits.

Like Memhis, or anyplace in TN, was on my list "of wouldn't mind living there" in the first place.

This is America. If you don't like where you live, MOVE. If you like where you live, STAY.