More recently, the bill HB529 has received national scrutiny for requiring school districts to give a month’s notice before any curriculum involving sexual orientation, to allow students whose families object to opt out - a move that some say could lead to the squashing of teaching on subjects as basic as classic English literature. Osborne is not the first country music artist to come out as gay, he is the first and currently only openly gay artist signed to a major country label” and adds that “though it may have been merely a consequence of being true to himself, he has nonetheless become a trailblazer and a symbol of hope for those country music artists and fans alike who may have become ostracized from a genre they hold dear.” The tabled legislation, Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 609, states that “though T.J. Maren Morris, who had Brothers Osborne collaborate on “All My Favorite People” on her most recent album, retweeted the Tennessee Holler’s tweet, which said, a resolution to honor out gay country music star TJ Osborne of no reason other than blatant bigotry and spite.
The Tennessee Holler, a progressive account that shared video of the interchange on the floor, noted that “the resolution is sent to a committee that has closed for the year.”
