Tagged greg kirk

Georgia clergy praise Gov. Deal on opposition to anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill

Gov. Nathan Deal drew a flood of attention last week when he came out against disciminatory legislation like House Bill 757, the anti-LGBT bill roiling the state. The attention wasn't just due to wh...

Atlanta City Council votes against anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bills

The Atlanta City Council on Monday voted to pass a resolution in opposition to House Bill 757, Senate Bill 129 or any other legislation that would discriminate against the state’s LGBT community. The resolut...

Gov. Deal: ‘The world is changing around us,’ ‘don’t have to discriminate’

Gov. Nathan Deal has issued his strongest words yet about HB 757, the anti-gay so-called “religious freedom” bill that has caused an uproar over the last few weeks. The Republican governor, who was the recipien...

Former U.S. Justice Department official: HB 757 ‘would lead to real harm to many people’

Meet Joe Whitley, this year’s Michael Bowers. Bowers, you’ll recall, is the former Georgia Attorney General that Georgia Equality hired last year to do an analysis of SB 129, state Sen. Josh McKoon’s (R-Columbu...

LGBT groups to Georgia GOP leadership: ‘Make the right decision’

A number of local and national LGBT groups have signed onto a letter to Gov. Nathan Deal and leadership in the state legislature calling on them not to pass an anti-gay hybrid “religious freedom” bill that has ...