Tennessee senate: OK to deny counseling due to religious beliefs

Thursday, February 18, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Therapists and counselors in Tennessee could decline to treat patients on the basis of "sincerely held religious beliefs" under a bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday.

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