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29 Apr 2019

Author:
Erik Larson & Bloomberg, Fortune

Amazon, Taylor Swift outspoken against Tennessee's anti-LGBT bills

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Amazon, Alliance Bernstein, the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, and Taylor Swift are among the broad swath of Nashville business interests urging lawmakers to reject a pair of anti-LGBT bills advancing quickly in the state legislature. Amazon.com Inc., which is planning a $230 million campus for as many as 5,000 new employees in Nashville, joined almost a dozen companies in opposing a bill that would allow faith-based adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples and another that would defend public schools’ authority to restrict transgender students’ access to bathrooms... Nashville-based Bridgestone North Americas also signed the letter, as did Dell Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Postmates Inc... AllianceBernstein Holding LP... as one of the first big firms to publicly denounce the legislation... [T]he Tennessee Titans issued a statement cautioning state lawmakers that the legislation would “impact our ability to secure events like the 2019 NFL Draft, major conventions, major athletic contests and other events that benefit our local and state economy.