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Georgia GOP leaders sidestep anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ legislation

No matter what the forecast held, state legislators were required by law to brave snow, sleet, hail and high water to be under the Gold Dome this morning to kick off the 2017 session. Notably absent from the...

LGBT, GOP leaders on high alert awaiting Georgia House’s move on anti-gay bill

Day 30 of Georgia’s legislative session is a milestone day in the world of state politics. It’s the final turn of the race leading into the straightaway and then the finish line on March 24. Day 30, or Crossove...

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 ...

Nathan Deal reacts as anti-gay ‘religious liberty’ bill backlash grows

It didn’t take long after the Georgia Senate passed a hybrid anti-gay so-called “religious freedom” bill on Friday for the first Georgia company to announce they were pulling out of the state—less than 10 minut...

Georgia Senate passes hybrid anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill

The Georgia Senate passed a hybrid so-called “religious freedom” bill Friday along party lines 38 to 14 after three hours of lively debate, leaving Georgia companies bracing for a possible boycott on the scale ...

Local, national LGBT groups strike back against sweeping anti-gay bill

Local and national LGBT activists are up in arms about a move by Georgia lawmakers to combine the controversial First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) with the Pastor Protection Act (PPA). The move happened during ...

‘Pastor Protection Act’ passes in Georgia House

A bill that would keep religious officials from being required to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies passed 161-0 in the House Thursday afternoon. It was the first of eight religious exemption bills under con...

‘Pastor Protection Act,’ civil rights bill without LGBT protections both move on

A pair of bills possibly affecting the LGBT community passed in a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday afternoon. Rep. Kevin Tanner’s (R-Dawsonville) Pastor Protection Act sailed through a Judiciary sub...

Bill protecting pastors from same-sex marriage breezes through House subcommittee

It was standing room only Thursday afternoon as a subcommittee of the House Judiciary heard House Bill 757, the so-called Pastor Protection Act. The bill, initially proposed by Speaker David Ralston, was int...

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