Sen. Ligon continues crusade for an LGBT adoption ban
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” language onto a bill that had already gone through a lengthy review process. The bill, HB 159, was eventually stripped of