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2018 Legislative Session

Anti-LGBT adoption amendment hurts parents and children, threatens Georgia’s chances at Amazon headquarters

Georgia’s adoption laws are in the process of being updated for the first time in 27 years. While many welcome the updates, some conservative lawmakers are holding the process back. At the tail end of the 2017 legislative session, Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) added discriminatory language to the much-needed bill, causing it to stall. The amendment would have allowed adoption agencies to refuse potential parents based on the agency’s “mission.” This would have opened the door

Better Georgia

Disgraced Atlanta fire chief wants his job back

Kelvin Cochran, former Atlanta Fire Chief who was fired for his poor judgement, wants to be reinstated and given back pay. Cochran was put on leave and subsequently fired in late 2014 after distributing a self-published book titled “Who Told You That You Were Naked?” to his employees. Cochran’s book refers to homosexuality as “unclean,” “a sexual perversion,” “vulgar” and “inappropriate.” It is also critical of women and misrepresents biblical stories in order to place

Gun Violence & Safety

Scout Schultz deserved care, not death

(Warning: Some of the links used open articles that feature the graphic video of Scout Schultz’s shooting.) I met Scout Schultz at Parkview High School about six years ago. I was just learning about atheism and agnosticism, and I was eager to connect with other students who wanted to talk about these topics too. I excitedly joined Secular Student Alliance, ready to make friends, and that’s where I met Scout. They were passionate, patient, good-natured

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Gov. Nathan Deal’s Biblical protest of Georgia’s anti-gay legislation

Something incredible just happened. Gov. Nathan Deal just made a strong argument against Georgia’s proposed anti-gay legislation, and put it in Biblical terms. From the AJC: In stark terms, the Republican said he would reject any measure that “allows discrimination in our state in order to protect people of faith,” and urged religious conservatives not to feel threatened by the ruling. He also called on his fellow Republicans pushing for the measure to take a

Taylor Bennett Victory
Elections

Progressive candidate ends Georgia’s conservative supermajority

Taylor Bennett, a bold, unabashed progressive candidate, defeated a Republican former mayor in House District 80 last night. He did it by campaigning for equality and promising to fight so-called religious “freedom” laws that are intended to write discrimination into Georgia law. With this historic victory, the conservative supermajority in the Georgia House of Representatives is now a thing of the past. And YOU helped make it happen. The odds were stacked against Bennett. The

2015 Legislative Session

We must protect every Georgian

You did it! Together, we killed Sen. Josh McKoon’s “License to Discriminate” bill. When we started this session in January, Georgia was on the fast track to pass this bill. This session could easily have been different. We could have been Indiana. But you spoke up, took action and refused to let that happen. Georgia took a huge progressive step forward. But here’s the thing. Sen. McKoon’s religious “freedom” bill was especially dangerous in Georgia