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General Assembly

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 the most well known at the Capitol — Better Georgia was pushing back against the anti-LGBT, anti-woman measure. The “Religious

2016 Legislative Session

The biggest progressive victories of the year (so far)

The final progressive victory of this year’s legislative session came yesterday with a veto of the disastrous “Campus Carry” bill, which would have legalized guns on college campuses throughout the state. Gov. Deal’s veto announcement came just before his deadline to sign or veto bills passed during the surprisingly successful 2016 session, which ended in March. Here are a few of the biggest progressive victories of the year (so far): Campus Carry (VETOED). Gov. Deal seemed

Hypocrisy in the House

This morning, Republican State House lawmakers paraded before their colleagues to condemn Mike Griffin, a familiar face around the State Capitol who has lobbied for groups like Georgia Right to Life and the Georgia Baptist Mission Board. Griffin’s sin? He launched a direct assault on legislators in an online letter, saying “We must not let the government do to us what Hitler did to the pastors and churches of his day. He got them to

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

Last-minute tricks

Indiana. Arkansas. And now Georgia? Today is Sine Die, the last day of the 2015 Georgia legislative session. There are still a number of bad bills being pushed in Georgia, but after midnight tonight, it will be too late to stop them. The question on everyone’s mind? What last-minute tricks will Sen. Josh McKoon use thise year to try to pass his “License to Discriminate” bill? Yesterday, on April Fool’s Day, Sen. McKoon said the

Before 10 a.m. Monday

There are rare moments when we have the chance to take a simple action that can change the future of our state for the better. Today is one of those times. As Georgians, we believe everyone deserves to be protected from discrimination. Not just people who look like we do, live like we do, or believe like we do. Everyone. That’s why, last week, Republicans and Democrats worked together to stop SB 129, a dangerous