Prior to the start of oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, The Tennessean Editorial Board opined that Tennessee’s embrace of liberty should extend to same-sex marriage.
Citing the Tennessee Constitution’s assertion that “all power is inherent in the people” (Article I, Section 1) and its strong affirmation of freedom to worship or not (Article I, Section 3), the main argument of that editorial was this: “In the vein of respecting a longstanding tradition of civil liberties, respect for but independence from religion, and freedom inherent in this state, it is in the interest of our state to allow our gay and lesbian citizens to get married.”
Before Friday’s high court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, 37 states allowed same-sex marriage. Tennessee was not among them.
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