A 25-city bus tour started in Franklin today to rally support for a state constitutional amendment on the November ballot that aims to keep marriage between one man and one woman. Gatherings are planned in churches and on courthouse lawns from Memphis to the Tri Cities, but Nashville didn’t make the list of stops.
Former State Senator and Real Marriage director David Fowler says it was a matter of logistics that kept an event out of the state’s capital city. Fowler says Nashville is, however, one of the only places in the state that the group has seen much negative response, mostly in the form of stolen yard signs.
“Last night we had 15 put up in private residences around the Franklin/Brentwood area, and this morning had the report that all of them were gone. But it seems like the opposition’s efforts are mostly concentrated in this area, and the opposition seems to be most energized, most bold in the greater Nashville area than in other places in the state.”
The group advocating marriage equality and calling Tennesseans to vote “no” says the constitutional amendment would restrict freedom and be a form of discrimination against homosexuals.
Advocates of the amendment say there’s been some confusion about what a “yes” or “no” vote means. They say voting “yes” supports the amendment that would clarify the definition of marriage to one man and one woman.
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