Final efforts to pass anti-LGBTQ adoption bill fail as Georgia legislative session ends Patrick Saunders Georgia March 30, 2018 0Last-ditch efforts to pass an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill failed on the final day of the 2018 Georgia legislative session on...
Legal experts: Hate crimes bill under consideration will cover transgender people Patrick Saunders Georgia March 22, 2018 0When a hate crimes bill passed out of a Georgia House committee earlier this month, it was seen as a...
LGB-inclusive hate crimes bill gets new life, passes out of House committee Patrick Saunders Atlanta March 8, 2018 0Three LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes bills were proposed this year in the Georgia Legislature, but none of them passed from one...
Here’s your first look and snap analysis of that Georgia hate crimes bill Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 5, 2018 0That hate crimes bill state Rep. Meagan Hanson (R-Brookhaven) said she was planning on introducing has been pre-filed, and its...
Republican lawmaker announces effort to (finally) pass Georgia hate crimes bill Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 3, 2018 0The state of Georgia took a big step in catching up to 45 other states and the District of Columbia...
LGBT groups to Georgia GOP leadership: ‘Make the right decision’ Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 23, 2016 0A number of local and national LGBT groups have signed onto a letter to Gov. Nathan Deal and leadership in...
Bill protecting pastors from same-sex marriage breezes through House subcommittee Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 4, 2016 0It was standing room only Thursday afternoon as a subcommittee of the House Judiciary heard House Bill 757, the so-called...
Is there a Georgia ‘religious freedom’ bill path suitable for all? Patrick Saunders Georgia April 16, 2015 0The biggest sticking point raised in Georgia’s latest fight over a so-called “religious freedom” bill was the possibility that passage...
UPDATE: ‘Religious freedom’ bill Monday hearing canceled Dyana Bagby Georgia March 27, 2015 0UPDATE ON SUNDAY: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting the Monday meeting of the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the "religious...
Lesbian state representative introduces bill banning discrimination against LGBT state employees Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 12, 2015 0Rep. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates), along with Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), introduced the Fair Employment Practices Act today which...
Ga. gay political expert: Anti-gay Senate bill major concern, like a ‘sword’ to injure people Patrick Saunders Georgia February 26, 2014 0Two controversial bills making their way through the General Assembly that could harm the civil rights of many people including...
