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RFRA, conversion therapy ban, marriage backlash engulf 2016 legislative session Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 14, 2016 0Hold onto your hats, folks. A perfect storm has brewed for this legislative session, featuring round three of a so-called...
‘Shark Tank’ host: Josh McKoon ‘oughta be in jail’ for lottery proposal Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 13, 2016 0UPDATE 4:08 p.m.: Sen. McKoon tweeted out that he is removing the language about a fee for anonymity. I am...
Number two ranking state senator: No Kim Davis wanted in Georgia Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 12, 2016 0As you may have heard, state Sen. Greg Kirk (R-Americus) is planning on introducing a state version of the First...
LGBT discrimination takes center stage at Georgia ‘religious freedom’ bill debate Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 7, 2016 0Anyone who’s kept an eye on the fight over the so-called ‘religious freedom’ bill over the past two legislative sessions...
‘Religious freedom’ bill author, Georgia Equality’s Graham lined up for RFRA debate Patrick Saunders Atlanta December 28, 2015 0The next legislative session doesn’t start until Jan. 11, but those looking for an appetizer of what’s to come can...
Hundreds of Georgia faith leaders come out against ‘religious freedom’ bill Patrick Saunders Atlanta December 23, 2015 0One of the common sights at the State Capitol this past legislative session was faith leaders holding press conferences speaking...
GOP lawmakers: ‘Religious freedom’ bill must have anti-discrimination clause Patrick Saunders Atlanta December 9, 2015 0Several powerful Republican lawmakers said today that if a so-called “religious freedom” bill were to move forward in the next...
Indiana Republicans to party leaders: ‘Just shut up’ about same-sex marriage Patrick Saunders Atlanta October 28, 2015 0The state of Indiana famously found itself in the middle of an embarrassing fight last year after passing a so-called...
Georgia companies: For real, we oppose the ‘religious freedom’ bill Patrick Saunders Atlanta September 3, 2015 0Several heavy-hitting Georgia-based companies have reiterated their opposition to a so-called “religious freedom” bill in the wake of state Sen....
McKoon: Georgia Equality, Better Georgia ‘don’t get a whole lot done at the Legislature’ Patrick Saunders Atlanta August 27, 2015 0In a recently unearthed video, state Sen. Josh McKoon (R-Columbus), author of a so-called “religious freedom” bill that has failed in...
‘Religious freedom’ bill author takes another swipe at Georgia same-sex marriages Patrick Saunders Atlanta August 11, 2015 0That flurry of bills many expected to be proposed in Georgia in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down...