‘Shameful’ anti-LGBTQ ‘religious freedom’ bill filed in Georgia Senate (Atlanta: tax, live in)

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‘Shameful’ anti-LGBTQ ‘religious freedom’ bill filed in Georgia Senate — Project Q Atlanta

A relatively quiet year for anti-LGBTQ legislation was upended on Wednesday when an anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” bill was introduced in the Georgia Senate.

State Sen. Marty Harbin (top photo), a Republican from Tyrone who sponsored the legislation, also sponsored a similar bill in 2017.

Senate Bill 221 mirrors the federal version of the “religious freedom” bill signed into law in 1993, plus adds language that allows people who win lawsuits against the government to recover their legal fees. It also allows judges to grant injunctive relief and order declaratory judgements.

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[toll_booth]

And here we go. If this gets through, it'll be time for Mr. Kemp to put to the test whether he can govern for all of Georgia or whether he really is a far-right ideologue.

[atler8]

Here we go again...
It should be apparent to Georgians that they should be mindful as to what the passage of such a bill could do to the state's reputation on a national level as a welcoming place for people & business in which to locate.

Georgians should be doubly cautious about such legislation in view of the recent major decline of in-migration to metro Atlanta as noted in an article in today's issue of the online AJC. We now live in a situation in which all the marbles do not necessarily readily & easily flow to Atlanta as was generally the case in the last 4 decades of the census-verified metro Atlanta & Georgia population boom.

[citidata18]

Originally Posted by atler8

Here we go again...
It should be apparent to Georgians that they should be mindful as to what the passage of such a bill could do to the state's reputation on a national level as a welcoming place for people & business in which to locate.

Georgians should be doubly cautious about such legislation in view of the recent major decline of in-migration to metro Atlanta as noted in an article in today's issue of the online AJC. We now live in a situation in which all the marbles do not necessarily readily & easily flow to Atlanta as was generally the case in the last 4 decades of the census-verified metro Atlanta & Georgia population boom.

It's possible that many of the state's lawmakers *do* want to harm Georgia's reputation as a welcoming place for people and businesses to locate.

There was at least one representative who, point blank, expressed their displeasure about the possibility of HQ2 coming to Atlanta because they knew it would effectively be game over for any conservative movement in Georgia.

Many multi-generational residents are fearful about the "character of their cities/counties/state changing" and having more outside residents and employers come to the state will only accelerate that change, as we have seen over the past several decades with Atlanta's core counties now voting blue in elections and the extremely close Guebernational election in 2018.

The logic is ridiculous as far as I'm concerned, because change is an inevitable part of life and there may be some things imperfect about a place that need to be improved upon that natives/long-time residents may be blinded to after being in Georgia for so long.

[markjames68]

Originally Posted by citidata18

It's possible that many of the state's lawmakers *do* want to harm Georgia's reputation as a welcoming place for people and businesses to locate.

There was at least one representative who, point blank, expressed their displeasure about the possibility of HQ2 coming to Atlanta because they knew it would effectively be game over for any conservative movement in Georgia.

Many multi-generational residents are fearful about the "character of their cities/counties/state changing" and having more outside residents and employers come to the state will only accelerate that change, as we have seen over the past several decades with Atlanta's core counties now voting blue in elections and the extremely close Guebernational election in 2018.

The logic is ridiculous as far as I'm concerned, because change is an inevitable part of life and there may be some things imperfect about a place that need to be improved upon that natives/long-time residents may be blinded to after being in Georgia for so long.

There's one thing if you don't want to be on the progressive bleeding edge. I see what goes on in San Francisco and New York City and don't think a lot of that is necessarily good for Georgia (or Atlanta).

But it's another thing to be a denier of change at all, close your eyes and hold your hands over your ears. Like it or not, our society has been changing over the past 50 years and will continue to do so.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by citidata18

It's possible that many of the state's lawmakers *do* want to harm Georgia's reputation as a welcoming place for people and businesses to locate.

There was at least one representative who, point blank, expressed their displeasure about the possibility of HQ2 coming to Atlanta because they knew it would effectively be game over for any conservative movement in Georgia.

Many multi-generational residents are fearful about the "character of their cities/counties/state changing" and having more outside residents and employers come to the state will only accelerate that change, as we have seen over the past several decades with Atlanta's core counties now voting blue in elections and the extremely close Guebernational election in 2018.

The logic is ridiculous as far as I'm concerned, because change is an inevitable part of life and there may be some things imperfect about a place that need to be improved upon that natives/long-time residents may be blinded to after being in Georgia for so long.

Not to mention that Metro Atlanta is a huge source of tax revenue for the entire state.

[Beach Sportsfan]

So sad to see this BS once again come up in this state.

[midgeorgiaman]

Originally Posted by citidata18

It's possible that many of the state's lawmakers *do* want to harm Georgia's reputation as a welcoming place for people and businesses to locate.

There was at least one representative who, point blank, expressed their displeasure about the possibility of HQ2 coming to Atlanta because they knew it would effectively be game over for any conservative movement in Georgia.

Many multi-generational residents are fearful about the "character of their cities/counties/state changing" and having more outside residents and employers come to the state will only accelerate that change, as we have seen over the past several decades with Atlanta's core counties now voting blue in elections and the extremely close Guebernational election in 2018.

The logic is ridiculous as far as I'm concerned, because change is an inevitable part of life and there may be some things imperfect about a place that need to be improved upon that natives/long-time residents may be blinded to after being in Georgia for so long.

This! I think many metro residents don't necessarily understand that much of the rest of the state doesn't find being labeled backwoods, old timely, or out of touch to be a bad thing. Unfortunately they don't seem to understand the economic consequences of how adopting a Mississippi like social policy would affect their wallets. As Atlanta goes, the pockets of Georgia go. Not to mention, the whole Christian love they neighbor except you and you and you and you...,nonsense.

[JayHey]

I think we can temper some of the metro Atlanta vs rest of the state talk, when the representative sponsoring this bill represents a district well inside of the metro area.

[midgeorgiaman]

Originally Posted by JayHey

I think we can temper some of the metro Atlanta vs rest of the state talk, when the representative sponsoring this bill represents a district well inside of the metro area.

This may be true, but what I seem to find is that many of my metro friends don't seem to get that the rest of the state is the deep South. The GOP in Georgia is a mix of pro business folks and social conservatives and I find that many of the suburban metro folks are "portfolio Republicans" and could care less about this sort of stuff but their reps are much further right. Maybe due to the primary process...I don't know.. Just my observations.