TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on Jan 24, 2020

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee today signed into law a measure that will allow religious adoption agencies to deny service to same-sex couples, the Commercial Appeal reports. The law allows adoption agencies to refuse to participate in a child placement if doing so would "violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies." Under the law, which immediately takes effect, the state will be barred from denying an agency's license or grant application for public funds because of a refusal to place a child with a family based on religious objections.