Cassadee Pope Is Ordained and Wants to Help Same-Sex Couples Get Married | 68C1FA0 | 2024-03-05 23:08:01
Cassadee Pope is able to officiate weddings for these struggling to get married in Tennessee.
"I don't know if you realize this but the state I reside in, Tennessee, passed a invoice that permits public officials to not marry couples at their discretion," Pope, 34, stated in an Instagram Reel on Monday, March four. "Obviously this is an attack on same-sex couples."
Pope was referring to HB 878, which was signed into regulation in February by Governor Invoice Lee. The measure grants judges, county clerks and government officers the appropriate to refuse to perform marriages if it goes towards their beliefs. Whereas Pope was upset concerning the information, she determined to take action and needed to help individuals dealing with challenges whereas making an attempt to stroll down the aisle.
"It simply so occurs that in 2020 I received actually bored and have become ordained," she stated in the clip while flashing her certificate. "So in the event you run into any points, I'd love that will help you out."
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Pope captioned the video, "I now pronounce you whatever the hell you want 
This isn't the primary time that Pope has advocated for the LGBTQIA+ group. In August 2022, she slammed Brittany Aldean for her transphobic comments. Aldean, 35, posted a make-up tutorial and shared that she was grateful to her mother and father for not changing her gender during her "tomboy part."
"You'd assume celebs with beauty manufacturers would see the positives in including LGBTQ+ individuals in their messaging," Pope wrote by way of X at the time. "However as an alternative, right here we are, listening to somebody examine their 'tomboy part' to somebody eager to transition. Real nice."
After calling out the comment, Pope faced some backlash from fans of Aldean. Nevertheless, Pope confessed that she was extra involved about standing up for marginalized groups than any potentially negative reactions.
"If I see something that is being stated that I feel is harmful to a group that I care about … I'll say one thing," Pope stated during an August 2023 look on the "Hold My Hair?" podcast. She acknowledged that "typically it's better to only amplify the voices of that group as a result of they know what they're speaking about far more than I do, typically I can't help [but stick up for them myself]."
Although Pope wasn't bothered by the web trolls at the time, she later admitted that the constant threats did affect her psychological well being.
"I had no feeling of regret. I just stored my head down and stored going," she stated in a February interview with Rolling Stone earlier this yr. "It's solely been the previous few months that I've let my guard down in therapy and stated, 'Wait, I truly wasn't OK.' But I feel that sort of comes with the territory of including activism in your life. You're not going to please everybody."
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Finally, Pope stated she decided to move on from the nation music style and has plans to return to her pop punk roots.
"I understand each genre has problematic individuals in it," she mirrored to the outlet. "I'm not saying there's not a frontman in a band who hasn't been accused of one thing in rock music. However I assume rock is in my bones extra. You're not utterly ostracized and shamed for talking out."
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