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2018 Legislative Preview: Lawmakers, activists weigh in on religious exemptions, hate crimes bills

Passing a modernized adoption bill is a top priority for the General Assembly and statewide LGBT advocacy group Georgia Equality in 2018, but a continued discussion looms over potentially discriminatory languag...

Georgia Senate approves medical marijuana law expansion to include AIDS

Pending the governor's signature, Georgia AIDS patients now have access to medical marijuana. Senate Bill 16 passed the Senate this morning with a vote of 45 to 6. It's a compromise version of the original H...

State Sen. Josh McKoon will not run for re-election in 2018

Josh McKoon (R-Columbus), the GOP senator known as the face behind the Georgia legislature’s “religious freedom” movement, announced yesterday he does not plan to run for re-election in 2018. The announcemen...

Is there a Georgia ‘religious freedom’ bill path suitable for all?

The biggest sticking point raised in Georgia's latest fight over a so-called “religious freedom” bill was the possibility that passage of the bill would lead to more LGBT discrimination, with the most often-cit...

Sen. McKoon’s five-minute Senate floor ‘religious freedom’ bill fake-out

State Sen. Josh McKoon (R-Columbus) turned heads (and quickened pulses) on the Senate floor this afternoon when he attempted to attach SB 129, his so-called "religious freedom" bill, to another House bill under...