{"id":574225,"date":"2021-06-25T17:06:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T21:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=574225"},"modified":"2021-06-25T17:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T21:06:18","slug":"aclu-suing-tennessee-over-new-transgender-bathroom-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-suing-tennessee-over-new-transgender-bathroom-law\/","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Suing Tennessee Over New Transgender Bathroom Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faclu-suing-tennessee-over-new-transgender-bathroom-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=574225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-530594542-scaled-e1624653237541.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the state of Tennessee over its new law regarding transgender bathrooms, according to The Associated Press (AP).<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee law <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-bathroom-bill-gender-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stipulates<\/a>, among other things, that bold, uppercase letter signage must be posted outside multi-person bathrooms where transgender individuals are allowed to use the bathroom based on their gender identity and not biological sex. Violating the law carries the threat of misdemeanor penalties.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU\u2019s Tennessee state chapter filed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/bongo-productions-llc-et-al-v-lawrence-et-al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawsuit<\/a> Friday on behalf of Fido, a Nashville restaurant, owner Bob Bernstein and owner of Chattanooga\u2019s Sanctuary Performing Arts venue Kyle Sayers, The AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tennessee-lifestyle-business-371dce50dc2373291a5583e30dac9ff2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The suit claims that the sign requirement in the Tennessee law is in violation of the First Amendment because it compels business owners to \u201ccommunicate a misleading and controversial government-mandated message that they would not otherwise display,\u201d according to The AP.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the lawsuit argues that the phrase \u201ceither biological sex\u201d is \u201doffensive to transgender and intersex people because it asserts that transgender people are not the sex they know themselves to be and ignores the existence of intersex people,\u201d The AP reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.523659305994\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Two Tennessee business owners that have trans-inclusive restroom practices are challenging a new state law that forces them to post this government-prescribed warning sign.<\/p>\n<p>This is our third lawsuit challenging anti-trans laws that passed this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SkA8t27Uv2\">pic.twitter.com\/SkA8t27Uv2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACLU (@ACLU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLU\/status\/1408467029783461895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The business owners the ACLU are advocating for have strong ties to the transgender community and fear that posting the signs as required by the new <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/27\/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-signs-bill-transgender-student-athletes-biological-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">law<\/a> will offend customers and drive away business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanctuary was founded specifically to create a safe space for transgender and intersex people and their families in a state that can be unwelcoming to LGBTQ people,\u201d Sayers said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-files-lawsuit-challenging-new-tennessee-law-requiring-restroom-warning-signs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news release<\/a> for the lawsuit. \u201cI am against posting offensive signs that stigmatize and deny the existence of transgender and intersex people at our center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Tennessee state Rep. Tim Rudd, the law\u2019s original sponsor, claimed that the law is not discriminatory in any fashion. Rudd pointed out that the law does not limit businesses regarding which facilities people can use, and gives a 30-day window to post signs once the business is informed it is not in compliance with the law, The AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very shocking and a danger to people if they walk into a restroom that\u2019s marked men or women, and the opposite sex is standing there, it could scare them, it could provoke violence,\u201d Rudd said previously, according to The AP. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/08\/28\/tennessee-court-ruling-transgender-firing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Tennessee Attorney General Lambasts Court Ruling Protecting Transgender Persons From Being Fired)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samantha Fisher, a spokesperson for Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, confirmed that the attorney general\u2019s office \u201cwill defend state law but cannot comment further on pending litigation,\u201d the AP reported. However, Glen Funk, the Nashville District Attorney and defendant named in the lawsuit, said that his office will not enforce the law as to \u201cnot promote hate,\u201d WSMV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/news\/davidson_county\/nashville-da-won-t-prosecute-new-bathroom-bill\/article_265c58c8-bd6b-11eb-9538-9b8b85eea162.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the state of Tennessee over its new law regarding transgender bathrooms, according to The Associated Press (AP).The Tennessee law stipulates, among other &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281382,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-530594542-scaled-e1624653237541.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"ACLU Suing Tennessee Over New Transgender Bathroom Law","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-530594542-scaled-e1624653237541.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"ACLU Suing Tennessee Over New Transgender Bathroom Law","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}