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Georgia GOP won’t require gubernatorial candidates to pledge support for ‘religious freedom’ legislation

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidates won’t have to sign a pledge committing themselves to furthering so-called “religious liberty” legislation, party leaders decided this weekend. According to the Atl...

Georgia GOP senators make last-ditch pitches for anti-LGBT adoption language, ‘religious freedom’ bills

Two controversial pieces of legislation were brought to the Senate well during the second-to-last day of the state's 2017 legislative session. Brunswick Republican Sen. William Ligon's amendment to House Bil...

Five Georgia LGBT bills to know about heading into Crossover Day

Before the legislative session kicked off in January, one of the major changes making headlines is that Crossover Day moved to Day 28 of the session — Friday, March 3. This is the final day one chamber of the G...

Georgia House announces LGBT-inclusive civil rights bill in wake of ‘religious freedom’ legislation

Two weeks after Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah) introduced a comprehensive "Georgia Civil Rights Act" in the state Senate, the House officially introduced its rumored companion bill this afternoon. House Bi...

LGBT leaders, civil rights attorneys make case for LGBT-inclusive civil rights bill

A panel of LGBT leaders and civil rights attorneys met on a rainy Tuesday night in Midtown to discuss the need for comprehensive civil rights legislation in Georgia. The timing of the previously scheduled...