r/TennesseePolitics

Recently, Marsha Blackburn posted that she wants, "Tennessee to be the number one Christian conservative state in the nation." This is a core message of her campaign. However, no mainstream media or any other figures that can impose accountability on Blackburn have bothered to point out that this mission of her campaign is directly in violation of the Tennessee Constitution, which provides:

Section 3. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any minister against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishment or mode of worship.

Blackburn's promise to make the state a Christian state directly violates the clauses that no person can be compelled to maintain any minister against their consent (if the state becomes a religious institution, then it would be forcing our tax dollars to support that ministry), and that no preference shall be given to any religious establishment.

It is so frustrating that laws do not apply to extremist Christians. There are millions of people in this state that are not Christians, or are Christians that actually follow the teachings of Jesus (rather than Blackburn's brand of apostate Christianity), who do not want this, but are silenced because there are no mechanisms for accountability when we have mob rule by extremists.

Compounding the unconstitutional nature of Blackburn's policies, enacting them will embroil the state in costly lawsuits, and distract from policies that could be designed to help the public.

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TN4All presents the People’s Hearing on Corporate Greed: Revealing how corporations get out of paying their taxes. Multiple studies and reports have shown that more than 60% of corporations filing in TN are paying ZERO in the state's corporate income tax, while working people struggle to get by. In spite of that, the TN legislature has passed back to back multi-billion tax giveaways to big corporations, but refused to eliminate the tax on groceries.

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Dear Elected Official:

I am writing to express my strong opposition to any action that unnecessarily reduces polling locations or otherwise makes it more difficult for eligible citizens to exercise their right to vote.

The right to vote is fundamental to our representative government. Government officials should work to ensure that voting is free, fair, accessible, and reasonably convenient for every eligible citizen, regardless of political affiliation.

Any decision to close or reduce polling locations should be based on legitimate administrative needs and should not have the purpose or effect of discouraging lawful participation. Decisions about access to the ballot must never be driven by fear of an election result or by an attempt to gain a political advantage.

If you vote for measures that unnecessarily restrict access to voting or reduce polling locations, please understand that citizens have the same right to organize peacefully and lawfully in response. I, along with others who share these concerns, am prepared to:

Contribute our own hard-earned money to support lawful civic and electoral efforts.

Walk our neighborhoods and speak directly with fellow citizens.

Attend public meetings and make our concerns part of the public record.

Organize peaceful marches and demonstrations.

Create signs and distribute information.

Host community meetings to educate voters about the actions of their elected officials.

Encourage citizens to register, vote, and hold their representatives accountable at the ballot box.

This is not a partisan issue. Whether an official is Republican, Democrat, or belongs to any other party, the principle is the same.

We, the people, will vigorously defend our right to vote. We will oppose efforts that improperly restrict that right, and we will use the lawful democratic process to hold elected officials accountable for their decisions.

I respectfully ask you to protect voting access, preserve adequate polling locations, and ensure that every eligible citizen has a fair and practical opportunity to cast a ballot.

Respectfully,

Mark Clark

Citizen of Texas for 76 years

Resident of Tarrant County Precinct 1

Recently found out that TN passed a law in 2022 that made it a felony to camp or be homeless. Since my back injury I have been living in my van in a few states looking for work. I got one habitating in my vehicle ticket for 300$ in CA. A quick google search also shows that Rep Paul Bailey also took money from the private prison industry.

Stand up to these corporate gulag goons before we all end up like some third world country!!!

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The gerrymandering of the state by the current Governor and the scandal ridden, 74 year old Marsha Blackburn who should have been run out of office already are doing their victory laps.

I don't really know much about politics, but someone I know told me that Kane from WWE is going to be appointed to become your next US Senator. Is this true? That would be insane.

So happy that ignorant Andy got his comeuppance last night. No more smug, self aggrandizing toad representing District 5 in the House of Representatives.

So I have a legit thought. More republicans voted for Rose or Fritts than voted for Marsha Blackburn. If all those republicans who oppose her voted for Jerri Green instead then we could block her from the governors mansion.

And before Republicans say “I’d never vote blue” hear me out- TN is deep red, no matter what. So I’m not asking you to not vote red, what I’m saying is with a Republican supermajority in the state house and senate, a one time blue vote for a democratic governor isn’t all that bad. She wouldn’t be able to get much if anything accomplished and passed, but it would give us a chance to show the rest of the nation that we no longer want Marsha Blackburn representing us.

So I’m encouraging all republicans who voted rose or Fritts to please check out Green, even if you have to hold your nose and cross your toes please consider voting for her so we don’t have to endure 4-8 years of Blackburn rule.

Of all the Republicans in this state, how were the three it came down to for governor: a historically HATED senator who will probably start sending our tax money to Israel, a pedophile, and a guy who wants to ban birth control and religions he doesn't like? Could we not find one mother fucker who was at least normal? Was there not a mayor, state senator, or hell even just a guy who owns an HVAC company?