Category: Tennessee

Republicans Celebrate Early in Franklin, Tennessee—But What Next?

Commentary A full house of GOP loyalists at Franklin, Tennessee’s Jamison Theatre Wednesday night on Oct. 25 was in an upbeat mood. They were there to hear talk show host Clay Travis, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and former Maury County mayor Andy Ogles, the front-runner in the newly-redistricted Tennessee 5th Congressional District. Some will remember…


Rally Against ‘Child Mutilation’ Draws Thousands of Supporters

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Some 2,000 people turned out for the “Rally to End Child Mutilation” held in downtown Nashville Friday as a host of conservative speakers vowed to make gender transition for children illegal. The mainly conservative crowd gathered at the War Memorial Plaza near the state capital in support of stopping surgery and chemical castration of…


Businesses Bow to Outrage, Reverse Course on Drag Shows for Children

For unspecified reasons, Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Big Chill and Grill restaurant and bar has backed down. It will ban children from its Drag Queen Bingo nights. It’s one of several businesses nationwide to scale back on offering what some argue is age-inappropriate content and services for children. “We are now running DQB [Drag Queen Bingo] as…


Armed FBI Agents Arrest Pro-Life Activist Front of His Children: Report

A Tennessee pro-life activist said that FBI agents arrested him for so-called Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) violations with guns pointed at him. Paul Vaughn told The Daily Signal last week that agents came to his home with “guns pointed at the door, banging on the house, yelling and screaming, ‘Open up. FBI,’…


Pro-Life Activist Says Armed FBI Agents Arrested Him in Front of Children

A Tennessee pro-life activist said that FBI agents arrested him for so-called Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) violations with guns pointed at him. Paul Vaughn told The Daily Signal last week that agents came to his home with “guns pointed at the door, banging on the house, yelling and screaming, ‘Open up. FBI,’…


EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Life Activists Arrested on Federal Charges Speak Out

Some of the pro-life activists who were charged with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act this week are speaking out. Federal authorities announced charges on Oct. 6 against 11 activists who blocked a clinic in Tennessee in 2021. All of the activists were charged with violating the law. Known as the FACE…


Top Medical Center to Pause Transgender Surgeries on Minors After Backlash

A top medical center in Tennessee is pausing the removal of breasts and other procedures that it says were performed on transgender youth in recent years. The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) disclosed the pause in a letter to a state representative on Oct. 7. VUMC doctors have performed breast removals and other surgeries for…


Sheriff: Dogs Attack Family in Tennessee, 2 Children Die

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Two young children died and their mother was hospitalized after two family dogs attacked them at their home in Tennessee, officials said. The dogs attacked a 2-year-old girl, a 5-month-old boy, and their mother Wednesday afternoon in the home located north of Memphis near Shelby Forest State Park, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said…


US Charges 11 Pro-Life Activists for Alleged Violations of Federal Law

U.S. prosecutors have unveiled charges against 11 pro-life activists who they say violated federal law by blockading an abortion clinic in Tennessee in 2021. Prosecutors say Chester Gallagher and others conspired to blockade a clinic in Mt. Juliet, utilizing Facebook to coordinate travel and logistics for co-defendants. Caroline Davis, a co-defendant, wrote at one point…


US Charges 11 Pro-Life Activists for Blocking Access to Abortion Clinic

U.S. prosecutors charged 11 pro-life activists with violating federal law by blocking access to an abortion clinic in Tennessee in 2021. Prosecutors say Chester Gallagher and others conspired to blockade a clinic in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, utilizing Facebook to coordinate travel and logistics for co-defendants. Caroline Davis, also a defendant, at one point wrote to…