Senator digs in as pro-LGBT groups lobby against ‘Slate of Hate’ bills
Selene Caro gets the crowd excited during the 16th annual Memphis Pride Parade along Beale Street on Sept. 28, 2019. A Tennessee lawmaker is refusing to bend as national companies such as Nike Inc., Tennessee businesses and the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce urge the state Legislature to stop passing legislation they consider discriminatory. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
State Sen. Paul Rose is refusing to bend as national companies such as Nike Inc., Tennessee businesses and the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce urge the state Legislature to stop passing legislation they consider discriminatory.
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Sam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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