Focus on Tennessee priorities, not LGBTQ discrimination
Guest Columnist
Shahin A. Samiei
Shahin A. Samiei is the Shelby County Committee Chair of the Tennessee Equality Project, a statewide organization advocating equal rights for LGBTQ Tennesseans via sound public policy.
Discriminatory laws will only set the tone for continued discrimination – up to and including targeted violence. These proposed laws are a distraction from Tennessee priorities like good schools, healthy environments and safe communities.
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