My song 'Charlene' is about defying religious intolerance against LGBTQ people

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Cody Belew
May 7, 2023
The Tennessean
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The levels of societal tolerance and complacency are actively being tested in real time. And it is a grave mistake to believe that none of it is connected.

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Cody Celew holds a cross up while several other reflective crosses hand around him
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