SBTS News Office LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Twenty-two students with ties to Tennessee graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College in spring commencement ceremonies. Southern Seminary conferred degrees to 317 Southern master’s and doctoral students on May 19 and 149 Boyce College students. Tennessee graduates include:

Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — Four married lesbian couples in Tennessee are fighting a new state law they say denies their parental rights. The couples, each expecting a baby this year, filed a lawsuit last week against a law mandating that undefined words in state statutes be interpreted to have “natural and ordinary” meanings. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed the measure into law May 5.

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector MURFREESBORO — The day finally arrived. About 30 of the women inmates had waited for this occasion, some years. They were being allowed to leave their center for the first time since their incarceration. One woman inmate had waited for six years for the event so she could be baptized. Another 30 of the women had waited for about a year