Opinion: That Tennessee Aquarium Pride | Chattanooga Times Free Press

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The Tennessee Aquarium has jumped into its first Chattanooga Pride Festival with both fins.

What patrons of and donors to the family-friendly attraction think about the LGBTQ tie-in for Sunday’s event at the Chattanooga Convention Center remains to be seen.

“We are excited that the Tennessee Aquarium is an Official Sponsor of Chattanooga Pride this year!” a flyer seeking volunteer support from employees reads. “We would love to show out with a big group for our first Pride,” it states.

Patriots Engage Chattanooga, a conservative political action platform, posted the flyer on its X (formerly Twitter) feed with this comment: “We encourage canceling your memberships and cut-off sponsorships to ANY ORGANIZATION that does this.”

As a private business, the Tennessee Aquarium is free to make its own business decisions, to support what it wants and to balance any potential blowback with any goodwill that may come its way over its sponsorship.

But,

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