Bill > SB1746

This bill declares that private individuals and organizations in Tennessee are not required by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court's decision in *Obergefell v. Hodges* (which established a right to same-sex marriage nationwide) to recognize marriages between people of the same sex. Additionally, it prohibits the state's board of professional responsibility, which oversees attorneys, from disciplining or sanctioning any lawyer who refuses to officiate a same-sex marriage ceremony, regardless of other laws. This legislation aims to allow private citizens, organizations, and attorneys to opt out of participating in or recognizing same-sex marriages based on their personal beliefs.