ABC's Entertainment Reporter, Jason Nathanson - It seemed pretty simple – lawmakers in Tennessee wanted to honor Brothers Osborne singer TJ Osborne as a trailblazer, after the singer became the first openly gay artist signed to a major country music label. The measure commending him passed the Tennessee Senate unanimously – but it’s being held up in the house, and effectively killed, by Republican lawmakers who says they have “concerns.” Many of Osborne’s fellow country stars are outraged, and Osborne himself says the move “hurts.”
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