NASHVILLE — Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday spiked a proposal that would have allowed faith-based adoption agencies to refuse to place children with gay parents and other families because of their religious beliefs. Supporters had argued the bill was needed to protect against potential lawsuits hostile to an adoption group’s religious beliefs. However, opponents countered the measure would give adoption agencies free reign to discriminate against LGBT families, single parents and non-Christians. Meanwhile, music superstar Taylor Swift donated $113,000 to the Tennessee Equality Project to fight the bills critics say discriminate against LGBTQ people. While the bill had been significantly amended, critics argues there’s still risk the bill could be misused to arrest transgender people.

Source: National Post April 30, 2019 23:13 UTC