TN Governor Bill Haslam signs anti-LGBT bill HB1840 into law.

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Republican Governor Bill Haslam signed HB1840 into law yesterday, allowing counselors, mental health professionals, and therapists to refuse service to those in the LGBT community. The bill also targets atheists, divorced people, people living in sin, people who have babies out of wedlock, people who engage in premarital sex, and more. Basically, they won't treat you if you go against their "sincerely held religious beliefs."

This is a huge blow to the LGBT community in TN, as one quarter of TN is rural. This will make it harder for the community to find a therapist during times of distress. This will put all in the LGBT community at a high risk for self-harm, and even suicide. Many of the LGBT youth in TN don't have anyone to talk to. Between travel being a hindrance, and this new law, it becomes almost impossible for these teens to receive help.

The news sent social media into an uproar, with celebrities and members of the LGBT community demanding a veto to the bill. At the same time, celebrities and the LGBT community are encouraging others to boycott Tennessee.

My Two Cents

I wrote about this a few weeks ago when the bill was being considered. I am devastated for the LGBT community in Tennessee. It's unfathomable that people would rather stick to their outdated ideologies than to help someone in crisis. Whatever happened to "do no harm?" Do they teach that down in Tennessee, or is that too much of a secular notion for them to process?

I really hope that the Democrats in Tennessee work fast and repeal this bill.

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