Yes, it’s currently legal for two first cousins to marry in Tennessee. But soon, that will likely change. Thursday, the General Assembly passed a bill banning marriage between ‘lineal descendants of a grandparent.’ Currently, the law only outlaws marriage between just the ‘children of a grandparent.’
Tennessee’s Republican-led House expelled two Black Democratic lawmakers. What was their crime? They led a gun reform protest in the chamber. While three Democrats demonstrated, the one who was White was spared, leading to accusations of racism
Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel two of their Democratic colleagues after they joined a protest against guns following the Covenant School shooting in Nashville.