Tagged AJC

State senator aims to continue ‘religious freedom’ bill push despite loss of leadership position

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported just before the end of 2016 that Georgia’s Senate Republican Caucus met in a closed-door meeting to discuss merging its two judiciary committees. If the merger is appro...

Work It! Local LGBT leaders on the move

Lambda Legal elects new board of directors Atlanta residents and business leaders Jeffrey Cleghorn and Katrina Quicker have both been named to the board of directors of Lambda Legal. Cleghorn manages the...

Forsyth police investigating rainbow flag burning as anti-gay hate crime

Forsyth County police are investigating an anti-gay hate crime that occurred Monday night. The incident occurred after a homeowner on Hurt Bridge Road in Cumming replaced her American flag with a rainbow flag f...

Kasim Reed, ‘religious freedom’ bill author duke it out on Twitter

Of all the elected officials in the state of Georgia, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and state Sen. Josh McKoon (R-Columbus) are the least likely to shy away from a good old fashioned dust-up on Twitter, whether it's...

Georgia Equality releases the state’s first pro-marriage equality ad

Georgia Equality is launching what is believed to be the state's first pro-marriage equality television ad. The campaign will begin Monday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGSXD8WasWk The ad is timed for ...