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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Tennessee law prohibiting doctors from providing
medical care such as puberty-blockers and gender affirming surgery for
transgender minors can go into effect immediately, a U.S. appeals court ruled
Saturday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said advocacy groups that had
challenged Tennessee's law could not show they were likely to prevail on their
claims it violated the U.S. Constitution. The panel of three judges voted 2-1 to
reverse a lower court's decision that had blocked Tennessee from enforcing the
law while it was being challenged.

"Life-tenured federal judges should be wary of removing a vexing and novel topic
of medical debate from the ebbs and flows of democracy by construing a largely
unamendable federal constitution to occupy the field," Judge Jeffrey Sutton
wrote for the appeals court.

Neither the advocacy groups that challenged the law nor the state's attorney
general could be reached Saturday morning.




Tennessee's law is part of a growing series of efforts by Republican lawmakers
to impose new restrictions on medical care for transgender youths. Lawmakers
said the measure was necessary to protect minors from being permanently harmed.
Medical associations have said gender-affirming care can be life-saving.



It bans any medical procedure performed for the purpose of enabling a minor to
identify with a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth.

Federal judges have blocked five laws similar to Tennessee's from taking effect.
Those judges found the laws violated the Constitution's guarantee of equal
protection under the law.

The appeals court's decision Saturday said that absent a clear showing that
Tennessee's law violated the Constitution, choices about medical care and
protecting minors are best settled by state legislatures.

Judge Helen White said she believed Tennessee's law "is likely unconstitutional"
as a type of sex discrimination.

Sutton wrote that the appeals court will try to reach a final decision about
Tennessee's law by Sept. 30. "These initial views, we must acknowledge, are just
that: initial," he wrote. "We may be wrong."

(Reporting by Brad Heath; Editing by Daniel Wallis)






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Singer Jill Scott faced fierce pushback for her rendition of the national anthem
in which she changed the lyrics.

Scott, 51, performed on July 1 at the Essence Festival, which celebrates the
anniversary of the magazine, which is "100% black-owned," according to its
website. Since the festival fell on the Fourth of July weekend, Scott opted to
share her own anthem that she said she had written at 19 years old.



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Her lyrics read: "Oh say can you see by the blood in the streets / That this
place doesn’t smile on you colored child / Whose blood built this land with
sweat and their hands / But we’ll die in this place and your memory erased / Oh
say, does this truth hold any weight / This is not the land of the free, but the
home of the slaves!"

"Everyone please rise for the only National Anthem we will be recognizing from
this day forward," Essence tweeted Wednesday, days after the original
performance. It was immediately met with a variety of responses.

"To call this a 'National Anthem' and ask people to 'rise' for it is really
disgraceful," YouTuber Matt Antar wrote. "National anthems uplift — country they
don’t put them down. Anyone rising or showing respect for this perversion of our
national anthem is free to leave if it’s so horrible here."




"If the United States is so oppressive to the black community then how are you
wealthy and free to proclaim the racist garbage that you spout?" another user
tweeted.



Others showed their support for the singer, who has had a long career in rhythm
and blues.

"Thank you, Jill the national anthem was amazing. You understood the
assignment," one user wrote. "I am here for it always. I have always loved you
as an artist. You have always stood for what is right, and I truly respect and
admire you for it."

"1st -Thank you sincerely for your respect and appreciation," Scott tweeted in
response. "I’m on path. 2ndly, with love, I am me in entirely; beautifully
human, if some will OR won’t. I see so I write. I feel so I write. I write cuz I
gotsto. I write life in multi spectrum-Highs, Lows & All."

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Scott also paired the tweet with a meme that read, "That's the job, right?"

Recently, Scott has launched a new tour called “Who Is Jill Scott” to celebrate
her 23rd anniversary in the music business. It began in February and was her
first tour since 2020.

Tags: National Anthem, News, Celebrities, Music, Race and Diversity, Social
Media

Original Author: Jenny Goldsberry

Original Location: Social media rages against Jill Scott's new national anthem




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