Tennessee clergy are signing the following statement against Senate Bill 1:
"As clergy serving the people of Tennessee, we oppose Senate Bill 1 that retains the discriminatory provision of a law passed in 2016 and expands it to include discrimination based on beliefs. In addition, the law completely abandons the American Counseling Association's code of ethics and requires the state board to write its own. This puts all Tennesseans seeking counseling at risk because we cannot know whether the new ethics code and standards will include, delete, or add to the existing provisions of the code. For these reasons, we urge the Tennessee General Assembly to reject SB1."
If you are active or retired clergy serving people in Tennessee and would like to sign the letter, contact us at [email protected] .
Rev. Chris Buice, Knoxville
Rev. Viki Matson, Nashville
Rev. Bruce Spangler, Knoxville
Rev. Ken Edwards, Nashville
Chaplain Jon Coffee, Knoxville
Rev. Dave McIntyre, Normandy
Rev. Judi Hoffman, Nashville
Rev. Ken Carroll, Chattanooga
Rev. Steve Wolf, Clarksville
Rev. Laura Bogle, Maryville
Rev. Jason Shelton, Nashville
Rev. Mark C. Pafford, Cookeville
Rev. Tim Kobler, Knoxville
Rabbi Philip "Flip" Rice, Brentwood
Rev. Gordon Gibson, Knoxville
Rev. Carolyn Dipboye, Oak Ridge
Rev. Larry K. Dipboye, Oak Ridge
Rev. Judith Meyer, Knoxville
Rev. Mark Brown, Memphis
Rev. Greg Bullard, Madison
Rev. April Baker, Nashville
Rev. Dr. Amy L. Mears, Nashville
Rev. Sandy Prigmore Lewis,
Rev. Amy R Probst, Kingsport
Rev. Howard Bowlin, Maryville
Rev. Cynthia Andrews-Looper, Memphis
Rev. Denise Yeargin, Nashville
Rev. Jonathan Jeffords, Memphis
Rev. Ray White, Greeneville
Rev. Dr. Katherine White, Greeneville
Rev. Jay Voorhees, Nashville
Rev. Dr. Tim Stewart, Nashville
Rev. Mike Wilson, Nashville
Bishop Melvin Talbert, Nashville
Rev. Kimberly Rodrigue, Nashville
Rabbi Shana Goldstein Mackler, Nashville
Rev. Mary Louise McCullough, Nashville
Rev. Kevin E. Mitchell, Murfreesboro
Cantor Tracy L. Fishbein, Nashville
Rev. Lillian H. Lammers, Nashville
Rev. Sharon Temple, Nashville
Rev. Andrew B. Ward, Nashville
Rev. Ingrid McIntyre, Nashville
Rev. Brandon Gilvin, Chattanooga
Rev. Mark Flynn, Chattanooga
Rev. Jake Morrill, Oak Ridge
Rev. Robert B. Coleman, Nashville
Rev. Lisa Gwock, Nashville
Rev. Michael Williams, Nashville
Rev. Hope Hodnett, Nashville
Rev. Dr. L. Susan Bond, Jackson
Rev. Dr. Janet L. Wolf, Nashville
Rev. Kira Schlesinger, Lebanon
Rev. Pamela Hawkins, Nashville
Rev. Deven Hazelwood Johnson, Johnson City
Rev. Shane Smith, Kingsport
Rev. Autumn Dennis, Nashville
Rev. Peter van Eys, Nashville
Bishop Patrick Potts, Johnson City
Rev. R.J. Powell, Knoxville
Rev. Chris Harpster, Kingsport
Rev. Matthew Kelley, Brentwood
Rev. Paul Slentz, Nashville
Rev. Jeannie Alexander, Nashville
Rev. Josh Beeler, Knoxville
Rev. Nancy Speas Hill, Franklin
Rev. Floridia Jackson, Memphis
Rev. Barbara P. Garcia, Nashville
Rev. Debbie Shield, Johnson City
Rev. Eric Minton, Knoxville
Rev. Rob Van Ess, Memphis
Rev. Joseph R. Woodfin, Gallatin
Pastor Michael Alford, Goodlettsville
Rev. Becca Stevens, Nashville
Rev. Thomas Kleinert, Nashville
Rev. Beth Lefever, Cordova
Rev. Lauri Jo Cranford, Kingsport
Rev. Tim Bath, Murfreesboro
Rev. Katie Woodard, Clarksville
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