Tag: unintended consequences
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Maddow on Tennessee’s “I’m Offended, Go to Jail” Bill
Last night Rachel Maddow took on the highly subjective “I’m Offended, Go to Jail” bill, recently enacted by the state of Tennessee. The bill alters TCA§§ 39-17-308 which deals with harassment. The bill, HB0300 sponsored by Charles Curtiss of Sparta and Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro, changes existing code to include internet communications. While this may…
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Is HB0600 The Worst Bill of 2011 Session?
Possibly. For those of you who weren’t following along HB0600 was drafted just days after the introduction of Nashville’s CAN DO ordinance, an ordinance that requires vendors who contract into business with the city to follow rules against GLBT workplace discrimination. The point of HB0600 is to roll back any such local ordinances and make…