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Karen Handel doubles down on anti-gay adoption views

Karen Handel, the Republican candidate who is trailing Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District race, has doubled down on her deep-seated beliefs that gay people should not be allowed to adopt children. When asked by a Republican voter about the 2010 video of Handel citing her faith as the reason she believes that gay parents do not deserve the same rights as straight parents, the 6th Congressional District candidate simply said, “my faith calls

Equality, Rights & Justice Issues

Macon band director fired for same sex marriage

In Macon, popular band director Flint Dollar has been fired for marrying someone he loves. According to news reports, the Mount de Sales Academy band director says he was fired because he plans to marry his male partner of six years. The most outrageous part of this story is that the school’s employment policy includes protections for sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. But Flint Dollar was fired despite that policy. WMAZ13: Macon band