The Tennessee politician Tom Leatherwood is backing the conservatory marriage bill. Let’s look at the details of the wife, age, and Wikipedia of the politician and learn more about the bill and its possible consequences.
Tom Leatherwood is an American politician from Tennessee who has gained attention lately following his proposal of the bill that could eliminate the minimum age requirement for marriage.
Leatherwood is currently serving in the House of Representatives from Tennessee’s 99th house district. He has been serving since 2019 in the House of Representatives.
Lawmakers in Tennessee will vote this week on a bill that would establish common-law marriages in the state but would not set a minimum age requirement. The bill is dubbed as the House Bill 233 and will be debated on April 6, 2022.
Who Is Tennessee Representative Tom Leatherwood?
The Tennessee Representative Tom Leatherwood is a member of the Republican party. The American Politician currently serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives since 2019.
Leatherwood serves in the 99th district of Tennessee that includes the Northeast part of Shelby County, Tennessee, including the City of Lakeland, the Town of Arlington, the City of Millington, unincorporated Northeast Shelby County, and parts of North and East Bartlett.
Age & Wife As He Pushes The Marriage Bill
Tom Leatherwood was born on August 20, 1956, in Memphis, Tennessee. He is 65 years old. He is married to Melissa Leatherwood. She is a school teacher in an elementary school. The couple has five daughters. The family currently resides in Arlington, Tennessee.
Recently, Tom has introduced a bill into the Tennessee House that would eliminate age limits for common-law marriages. He said that there was not an explicit age limit. The bill is said to make children more vulnerable to sexual abuse.
The current Tennessee law states that as long as they have parental consent, a person can get married as young as 17. Only since 2018, it has become illegal for minors under the age of 17 to get married.
His bill comes after the controversial Parental Rights Act was passed by Florida. The act that Republicans are using to ban the discussion of sex and gender in the classroom is also dubbed the ‘Don’t say Gay’ bill.
Tom Leatherwood Wikipedia
Tom Leatherwood has a Wikipedia page dedicated to his biography. His detail according to Wikipedia is given below.
Leatherwood was born on August 20, 1956, in Memphis, Tennessee. he did his high school at Germantown High School in 1974. He then did his BSc from the University of Memphis in Tennessee with a degree in geology in 1979. He worked in the oil industry after graduation.
Then, for fourteen months, Tom decided to backpack through 25 countries around the world. The experiences around the world inspired him to become a teacher. After receiving his teaching certificate from Middle Tennessee State University, for eight years, he then taught high school in Millington, Tennessee.