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Related: About this forumGeorgians Rally Against Oppressive ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/18/georgians-rally-against-oppressive-religious-freedom-bill.htmlSamantha Allen
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03.18.15
If it passes, the Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act will make the state one of the most anti-LGBT places in the country.
ATLANTA, Georgia Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Georgians had another reason to be drinking yesterday besides the obvious one. A new bill could make Georgia one of the least LGBT-friendly states in the country and theres less than a month left to stop it.
On a sunny St. Patricks Day afternoon, hundreds of LGBT Georgians gathered on Liberty Plaza across from the Georgia State Capitolknown to residents as the gold domefor a rally organized by Georgia Unites Against Discrimination in opposition to the Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act (GRFRA).
The GRFRAalso known as SB129is headed to the Georgia House of Representatives after clearing the Senate by a wide margin and, if passed, it will become what The Daily Beasts Jay Michaelson has called the nations harshest religious freedom law, granting business owners unprecedented latitude to refuse service to LGBT people and potentially even impeding child abuse investigations.
The law itself makes no reference to these consequences, only citing the need to defend persons whose religious exercise is substantially burdened by government. But the intent is clear to LGBT residents based on the implementation of previous RFRAs.
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Georgians Rally Against Oppressive ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill (Original Post)
cbayer
Mar 2015
OP
yes these people should get up off their asses and do something about social justice
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2015
#2
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)1. I'm sure this has nothing to do with religion.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)2. yes these people should get up off their asses and do something about social justice
instead of protesting this nonsense.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)3. Perish the thought.
I'm sure it's just the desperation of a tiny religious minority who happens to make up a majority of the state, lashing out in the only way they can - via majority rule.