Group urges gay marriage supporters to attend meetings

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Members of the Tennessee Equality Project are urging those who support gay marriage to attend upcoming county commission meetings in East Tennessee.

Equality Project Director Chris Sanders told the Johnson City Press (bit.ly/1O7inMe) that the organization is trying to organize groups to present dissenting opinions at meetings in Carter County and Unicoi County. Officials in both places are expected to consider resolutions later this month that call for state lawmakers to recognize marriage as being between only one man and one woman.

Some other counties in East Tennessee have passed similar measures since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled over the summer that states had to recognize same-sex marriages.

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