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Republican lawmakers in the US are leaning into outdated definitions of obscenity to outlaw drag and ban books too

For five months this year, homosexuality was prohibited in a Tennessee college town.

In June, the city council of Murfreesboro enacted an ordinance outlawing “indecent exposure, public indecency, lewd behavior, nudity or sexual conduct”. The rule did not explicitly mention homosexuality, but LGBTQ+ people in the town quickly realized that the ordinance references 21-72 of the city code, which categorizes homosexuality as an act of indecent sexual conduct.

The ordinance was essentially a covert ban on LGBTQ+ existence.

Erin Reed, one of the first and only national journalists to cover the ordinance earlier this year, noted that Murfreesboro isn’t “the only community that has these old archaic bits of code that target homosexuality”.

Earlier this month, following a legal challenge from the ACLU of Tennessee, the government of Murfreesboro removed “homosexuality” from the list of acts defined as “public indecency” by the city code. The small victory came after officials repeatedly refused to issue permits for the BoroPride Festival, citing the new ordinance.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I said in a earlier reply that gay marriage was voted against many times, in multiple states all across the USA. That's what I was referring to, feel free to Google it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please, just do a simple Google search and educate yourself:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_of_same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States

Gay Marriage has had one of the most radical changes in public opinion of any concept in general. The overwhelming majority of people are in favor of it, to the point that it would be law even in places you would not expect.

I said what I said about your comment because it was smug and objectively untrue. Nothing irritates me more than that combination. Please, understand the way you learned things years ago does not determine the immutability of them.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_constitutional_amendments_banning_same-sex_unions

That's a quick Google search. It barely made it through the supreme court, passing 5/4. I'm not sure where you are gathering your information, but it's skewed.

Another search https://www.dailysignal.com/2014/10/06/states-voted-gay-marriage-now-forced-upon/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude did you even read my original comment? I said that the public opinion towards same-sex marriage has changed drastically. I appreciate you linking an article from 2014 from a highly biased conservative site, but, aside from the bias, it has no relevancy as the source I linked to you was as of 2022.

Show me a source that actually supports your claim.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also, I added the first additional link I found as anyone can update Wikipedia without validity.