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Jon Skolnik

TN GOP wants to let minors get married

State Capitol Building Nashville Tennessee USA. Andrew Woodley/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A GOP-backed bill in Tennessee would eliminate any age requirements for marriage, a move that critics are calling hypocritical amid baseless Republican accusations that the LGBTQ+ community is attempting "groom" and "sexualize" school children. 

H.B. 233 gives Tennesseans "an alternative form of marriage" between individuals who have a "conscientious objection to the current pathway," according to state Rep. Tom Leatherwood, the bill's Republican sponsor. 

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