Family Action Council of Tennessee

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Securing the blessings of liberty by advocating for God's design for the family.

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A Cause for All Tennesseans

God-Given Marriage

God-Given Marriage is a new initiative that challenges the way Tennessee’s elected officials have applied the “right to marry” holding in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision to Tennessee’s marriage licensing statutes.

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God Law & Liberty

Time to Sue the Governor

Well, we’ve heard back on our petition to the Tennessee Department of Health regarding our state marriage forms and per the Attorney General’s office, they have decided to….do nothing. Big shocker there. We also learned conclusively that our attorney general is a judicial supremacist, which is to say that he is unwilling to defend the Tennessee state constitution and happy to relinquish law-making authority to the courts.

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Commentary

David's Latest Commentary:

Is Pro-life Despair Concerning Roe v. Wade’s Reversal Justified?

Feb 21, 2020 by David Fowler

Last week I spoke with a legislator who gave voice to what a number of legislators believe: The U.S. Supreme Court is not ready to reverse Roe v. Wade, so enacting any legislation—even that proposed by the governor—thinking it might lead ...

News Snapshot

Alabama Lawmaker Wants Mandatory Vasectomies for Men Over 50

In response to a pro-life bill, Alabama state Rep. Rolanda Hollis (D-Birmingham) filed House Bill 238 that would require all men to get a vasectomy within one month of turning 50 or after the birth of his third child, whichever comes first. This e...

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February 22

Great reminder from Dr. Michael Brown. Think you can be a Christian and vote for today's Democratic Party? You would be hard-pressed to make that argument. #fact

February 22

Clearly, the Tennessee Attorney General has no interest in defending the Tennessee constitution and buys into the argument that ultimately, the US Supreme Court makes policy decisions for our state, and not our legislature. This is alarming. Please...

February 21

FACT President David Fowler writes in today's commentary, "His thought, and mine, was this: If even Clarence Thomas will not vote to hear an appeal and reverse, in Thomas’ words, 'decisions requiring States to allow abortion via live dismemberment,...

February 20

We are live-streaming the State Legislative Issues Briefing. If you want to watch, go to the Bott Radio Network Memphis Facebook page: http://bit.ly/32bQIGJ #fact

February 20

Early voting for the Presidential Preference Primary is going on now through February 25. The election is on March 3. Make sure you go vote! #fact

February 18

This is a must-read for conservatives who believe that marriage is to be between one man and one woman as God ordained. Just read this quote from a recent Federalist article: "The pro-gay and pro-poly scripts are one and the same because both view ...

Our Allies

FACT is pleased to associate with the following national organizations in the course of its work on behalf of families in Tennessee: Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Policy Alliance, Family Research Council, and Focus on the Family.