Text of TN SB 1208 (2021)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 4 and Title 36, relative to secular humanism.
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SENATE BILL 1208
By Pody
SB1208
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3;
Title 4 and Title 36, relative to secular humanism.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 3, is amended by adding
the following as a new part:
This state and any political subdivision of this state, or any officials of this state or
a political subdivision, are prohibited from creating, enforcing, or endorsing policies that
respect or promote non-secular self-asserted sex-based identity narratives, sexual
orientation orthodoxy, or non-secular marriage doctrine because the policies fail the
Lemon test, as established by the United States Supreme Court in Lemon v. Kurtzman,
403 U.S. 602 (1971), because such policies:
(1) Constitute a non-secular sham;
(2) Cultivate indefensible legal weapons against non-observers of the
religion of secular humanism; and
(3) Have the effect of excessively entangling the government with the
religion of secular humanism.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.