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A City in Tennessee Banned Public Homosexuality—and We All Missed It

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is already beginning to implement the law.

A city in Tennessee is using a recently passed ordinance essentially prohibiting homosexuality in public to try to ban library books that might violate the new rules.

Murfreesboro passed an ordinance in June banning “indecent behavior,” including “indecent exposure, public indecency, lewd behavior, nudity or sexual conduct.” As journalist Erin Reed first reported, this ordinance specifically mentions Section 21-72 of the city code. The city code states that sexual conduct includes homosexuality.

Anyone who violates the new ordinance is barred from hosting public events or selling goods and services at public events for two years. Anyone who violates the ordinance “in the presence of minors” is barred for five years.

An ACLU-backed challenge to the ordinance has already been launched, but that hasn’t stopped...

https://newrepublic.com/post/176915/tennessee-town-ban-public-homosexuality

Here’s what we are reading today:

New opposition coalition challenges Taiwanese frontrunner.

Two popular opposition parties, Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), have agreed run on a joint ticket in Taiwan's 2024 Presidential election.

https://www.todayonline.com/world/taiwans-opposition-unite-presidential-ticket-challenging-frontrunner-2305411

#TaiwanElection #Taiwan

A year after forming their union, Newberry Library employees have won their first contract, which includes:
• 15% increase in pay and a ratification bonus
• freeze of employee costs for health care
• doubling of parental leave
• bilingual pay
• continuing education funding
• grievance procedure and quarterly labor-management meetings

🔗 https://www.afscme.org/blog/newberry-library-employees-win-first-contract-a-year-after-forming-a-union

#LibraryUnions #LibraryWorkers #NewberryWorkersUnited #NewberryLibrary #AFSCME

This voter suppression tactic should be investigated.

At least 9 precincts in majority-Black Mississippi county ran out of ballots, per reports https://thegrio.com/2023/11/08/at-least-9-precincts-in-majority-black-mississippi-county-ran-out-of-ballots-per-reports/

“Hunter Biden” is just a noise Republicans make when they are desperate to change the subject.

Whenever you hear it, you should figure out what topic they are trying to avoid, and relentlessly drive the conversation back to whatever that is. It is a sign of weakness and should be treated as such.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67425906

Sask government tells school divisions it's their responsibility to enforce a law none of them were consulted on... Yeah, that's going to end well.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10093836/retired-teacher-weighs-in-sask-pronoun-policy/

#Saskatchewan #education #skpoli #cdnpoli #transrights

#Republican senators will again push to confirm #military nominees Wednesday evening in a direct challenge to fellow GOP Sen. Tommy #Tuberville and his blockade on promotions.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/15/congress/new-sullivan-push-on-military-holds-tuberville-senate-00127474

@wdlindsy
Then why are they vociferously decrying Israel & supporting Palestinians, instead of supporting Israelis/Jews AND Palestinians, and loudly decrying Hamas and the other radical Islamic terror groups, who don't represent most Muslims/Arabs/Palestinians?