A new “religious freedom” bill that would allow faith-based adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ couples based on their “mission” has cleared a key subcommittee and moved forward in the Georgia Senate. State Sen. William Ligon (R-St. Simons Island), the bill’s main sponsor, tried to get similar legislation passed last year too, tacking the “mission”… [Read More]
Sen. Josh McKoon deletes his own Twitter poll in embarrassing defeat
In an embarrassing move, State Sen. Josh McKoon deleted his own Twitter poll on multilingual driver’s tests after it backfired on Monday. He asked, “Should Georgia offer the Driver’s License Examination in 11 different foreign languages?” Before he deleted the poll, about 70 percent of people had answered in the affirmative — evidently not the… [Read More]
We’ll never stop fighting for equality
When politicians won’t listen, you have to bring the message to them. And when you want to make sure they can’t miss your message, there is nothing quite like a mobile billboard circling the State Capitol all day. During the early days of the so-called “religious freedom” debates — before the issue became one of… [Read More]
Celebrate progressive victories, but keep fighting
Stephe Koontz of Doraville is the only transgender elected official in Georgia right now. She won the District 3 seat on the council by just six votes last Tuesday. Her victory came along with a string of wins for more openly transgender officials across the country — and all of these victories are worth celebrating…. [Read More]
GOP candidates double down on hate
The people and businesses of Georgia have beaten back anti-gay religious “freedom” legislation year after year. And yet the GOP keeps bringing it back. Why are Georgia Republicans so determined to pass legislation based on hate? On Saturday, the four leading Republican gubernatorial candidates stood together behind Georgia’s controversial religious “freedom” measure. Lt. Gov. Casey… [Read More]
Handel and Trump’s attacks on women’s health
Georgia is notoriously terrible when it comes to women’s health and well-being. One analysis from 2017 ranks Georgia as the fourth-worst state for women’s economic and social well-being and the 11th-worst state for women’s health and safety. Now, Donald Trump wants to make a dire situation worse for women in Georgia. The Trump administration drafted… [Read More]
So-called “religious freedom” bill will be back in 2017
When Gov. Deal vetoed last year’s so-called “religious freedom” bill, which is designed to allow people to use religion as an excuse to discriminate, most Georgians knew that the fight wasn’t over. Back in March, the AJC reported, “Special session or not, Deal’s veto of House Bill 757 assures one thing: The debate is not over. From a potential special… [Read More]
Podcast Ep. 06: Gov. Deal’s legacy
Today we’re looking at the legacy of Georgia Governor Nathan Deal. Will Governor Deal go down in Georgia’s history as one of our best governors or one of our worst? Will history even remember the Governor Deal era? What does his time in office mean for the future of Georgia politics? Listen in as we… [Read More]
McKoon attacks Better Georgia — again
A right-wing state lawmaker has attacked Better Georgia — again. Sen. Josh McKoon (R-Columbus), the sponsor of pro-discrimination legislation like the so-called religious “freedom” bill, is furious about about a Better Georgia blog post written by Crystal Muñoz, calling him out on his controversial bills targeting undocumented immigrants, among others. The senator, who chairs the Senate… [Read More]
Gov. Nathan Deal’s legacy will be impossible to ignore
Last week, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution opined that “Nathan Deal’s ‘religious liberty’ veto could define his legacy.” There are no two ways about it: Gov. Deal is on the right side of this important issue. Even Better Georgia — arguably, Deal’s toughest critic — applauded the governor’s resolve in standing up to right-wing extremists who want… [Read More]
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