Rep. Richard Floyd, R-Chattanooga, reads documents during a House floor session In Nashville on Thursday. The chamber later passed a bill to allow local governments to hold referendums on allowing supermarkets and convenience stores to sell wine. Floyd was among the members voting against the bill.NASHVILLE – Following a spirited debate about the First Amendment, the state House on Monday approved a nonbinding resolution condemning “Sex Week” festivities at the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville campus.
“I support First Amendment rights,” said Rep. Richard Floyd, R-Chattanooga, the measure’s sponsor. “You don’t have a right to drag the UTK brand” and its graduates, students and others “through the mud.”
The resolution passed on a 69-17 vote. The resolution now moves to the Senate.
Sex Week, which begins Sunday, is student-led and includes events ranging from an aphrodisiac cooking class to sexual assault prevention and a drag show.
Floyd and other Republicans charged the event sets a bad tone, a furor that began last year when the campus held it’s first Sex Week.