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

[NC2ATL60]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

All in all however, I have to say, after having seen DFW, Houston, and especially Austin frequently...I have to say it DOES feel alot more liberal than Atlanta does. In comparison to those cities and especially the pacific cities (and I thought otherwise before actually going to these places), Atlanta still feels very strongly conservative. This was one of my biggest concerns about Amazon HQ relocating to Atlanta. The political atmosphere in this area is just altogether different than the Pacific.

Guess we live in 2 different Atlanta's. I am an African American so Atlanta to me, feels much more liberal than any of those Texas cities. Atlanta has a can do attitude, and pretty much everyone lives their own lives, and minds their own business.

Now maybe the State of Georgia, you could say feels conservative, but certainly not the city of Atlanta. As far as AMZN, Atlanta is one of their 17 hubs they will be expanding in in the absence of HQ2 in NY, so maybe you are speaking a little prematurely on that.

[oobanks]

Originally Posted by NC2ATL60

Guess we live in 2 different Atlanta's. I am an African American so Atlanta to me, feels much more liberal than any of those Texas cities. Atlanta has a can do attitude, and pretty much everyone lives their own lives, and minds their own business.

Now maybe the State of Georgia, you could say feels conservative, but certainly not the city of Atlanta. As far as AMZN, Atlanta is one of their 17 hubs they will be expanding in in the absence of HQ2 in NY, so maybe you are speaking a little prematurely on that.

Georgia still feels Conservative to me as well but I think most Blacks in the Atlanta area may be fooled into thinking Georgia is liberal because they mostly live in there little bubble segregated of mainly around blacks only as a majority and the whites are in there own areas mainly . Seeing mainly what you are around will give you that some what feeling until you step to the ballot box and the truth comes out, especially from the state level and as far as Georgia laws are concerned. Some of this may work for local county or city politics but at the state level that's a NO NO...You think to your self, with all the blacks I see every day, why is there no real change on the political spectrum but truth be told Dem's don't run this state and are not a majority here. Georgia is a big state and for the most part is still segregated and conservative sorry to say. People mind their business alright, they mainly stick to their racial group unless maybe at work or school, not saying its some exceptions of course but as a majority we all know what it is in Georgia.. I sometime or often thought all the transplants would change Georgia for the better as far as the way of thinking especially having an international population but I often find Georgia has changed the transplants for the worse as to being less open minded truth be told. I often see this a lot on jobs here in Atlanta.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by oobanks

Georgia still feels Conservative to me as well but I think most Blacks in the Atlanta area may be fooled into thinking Georgia is liberal because they mostly live in there little bubble segregated of mainly around blacks only as a majority

[Huntsville_secede]

Originally Posted by NC2ATL60

Guess we live in 2 different Atlanta's. I am an African American so Atlanta to me, feels much more liberal than any of those Texas cities. Atlanta has a can do attitude, and pretty much everyone lives their own lives, and minds their own business.

Now maybe the State of Georgia, you could say feels conservative, but certainly not the city of Atlanta. As far as AMZN, Atlanta is one of their 17 hubs they will be expanding in in the absence of HQ2 in NY, so maybe you are speaking a little prematurely on that.

Texas cities are not more liberal than Atlanta, especially not Dallas. Probably Austin is and to some extent Houston may be, but the city of Dallas and it's suburbs feel fairly conservative. It's true when you go out to the deep suburbs and the rest of Georgia it gets pretty conservative but overall Atlanta still feels more liberal than most Texas cities, and I've spent extensive time venturing out in all parts of both metro areas so I wasn't confined to a "bubble". The massive number of corporate revocations going on in Dallas right now I think are going to have a big impact on the culture there sooner or later.

[NC2ATL60]

Originally Posted by Huntsville_secede

Texas cities are not more liberal than Atlanta, especially not Dallas. Probably Austin is and to some extent Houston may be, but the city of Dallas and it's suburbs feel fairly conservative. It's true when you go out to the deep suburbs and the rest of Georgia it gets pretty conservative but overall Atlanta still feels more liberal than most Texas cities, and I've spent extensive time venturing out in all parts of both metro areas so I wasn't confined to a "bubble". The massive number of corporate revocations going on in Dallas right now I think are going to have a big impact on the culture there sooner or later.

True I forgot about Austin.

[jero23]

Originally Posted by oobanks

Georgia still feels Conservative to me as well but I think most Blacks in the Atlanta area may be fooled into thinking Georgia is liberal because they mostly live in there little bubble segregated of mainly around blacks only as a majority and the whites are in there own areas mainly . Seeing mainly what you are around will give you that some what feeling until you step to the ballot box and the truth comes out, especially from the state level and as far as Georgia laws are concerned. Some of this may work for local county or city politics but at the state level that's a NO NO...You think to your self, with all the blacks I see every day, why is there no real change on the political spectrum but truth be told Dem's don't run this state and are not a majority here. Georgia is a big state and for the most part is still segregated and conservative sorry to say. People mind their business alright, they mainly stick to their racial group unless maybe at work or school, not saying its some exceptions of course but as a majority we all know what it is in Georgia.. I sometime or often thought all the transplants would change Georgia for the better as far as the way of thinking especially having an international population but I often find Georgia has changed the transplants for the worse as to being less open minded truth be told. I often see this a lot on jobs here in Atlanta.

Originally Posted by toll_booth

As a member of the LGBTQ+ and African diaspora demographics, I can sense the conservativism still prevalent around the metro Atlanta. Outside of Midtown, Downtown, Old Fourth Ward, and East Atlanta, it is still very conservative overall. It is a proverbial bubble because it is not really open even in most parts of the 5 core Metro Atlanta counties. It's nice that many heterosexual black folks feel like anything goes in Atlanta for them, but I beg to differ as a black LGBTQ. I am very aware of my blackness, but that's only part of my identity. Atlanta is only like 1-1 1/2 steps ahead of neighboring heavily black major metros, Birmingham and Charlotte (both which have been pushing the social acceptance in their respective intown areas for black LGBTQs) on this front to me. I feel the overall protestant religiousness throughout the majority of South plays a huge role in this social conservativism I feel way more accepted in the open social environments overall in New Orleans, South Florida, DC, more than Atlanta as a black LGBTQ. Ironically, all of those places are more religiously way more diverse and larger Catholic parishioners concentrations than Metro Atlanta.

[Beach Sportsfan]

Originally Posted by jero23

As a member of the LGBTQ+ and African diaspora demographics, I can sense the conservativism still prevalent around the metro Atlanta. Outside of Midtown, Downtown, Old Fourth Ward, and East Atlanta, it is still very conservative overall. It is a proverbial bubble because it is not really open even in most parts of the 5 core Metro Atlanta counties. It's nice that many heterosexual black folks feel like anything goes in Atlanta for them, but I beg to differ as a black LGBTQ. I am very aware of my blackness, but that's only part of my identity. Atlanta is only like 1-1 1/2 steps ahead of neighboring heavily black major metros, Birmingham and Charlotte (both which have been pushing the social acceptance in their respective intown areas for black LGBTQs) on this front to me. I feel the overall protestant religiousness throughout the majority of South plays a huge role in this social conservativism I feel way more accepted in the open social environments overall in New Orleans, South Florida, DC, more than Atlanta as a black LGBTQ. Ironically, all of those places are more religiously way more diverse and larger Catholic parishioners concentrations than Metro Atlanta.

I have lived in South Florida for over 50 years and can tell you that outside of certain areas such as Miami Beach, Winston Manors in FTL the rest of South Florida is conservative regarding LGBT individuals. I think most larger cities are like that, with pockets where we are welcomed and then the rest of the areas at best are tolerated. But times do change it wasn’t too long ago that in Miami Dade County they couldn’t pass a proclamation of protection for LGBT individuals

[jero23]

Originally Posted by Beach Sportsfan

I have lived in South Florida for over 50 years and can tell you that outside of certain areas such as Miami Beach, Winston Manors in FTL the rest of South Florida is conservative regarding LGBT individuals. I think most larger cities are like that, with pockets where we are welcomed and then the rest of the areas at best are tolerated. But times do change it wasn’t too long ago that in Miami Dade County they couldn’t pass a proclamation of protection for LGBT individuals

Well, I frequent South Florida particularly Broward and Miami-Dade counties. I always felt welcome there even in inland areas of Broward like Miramar and Kendall and Miami Gardens in Miami-Dade.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by oobanks

Georgia still feels Conservative to me as well but I think most Blacks in the Atlanta area may be fooled into thinking Georgia is liberal because they mostly live in there little bubble segregated of mainly around blacks only as a majority and the whites are in there own areas mainly.

Come on man, give Black people more credit than that. I've never heard a Black person, or any person for that matter, say Georgia is a liberal state. People are very well aware of the tensions that often exists between Southern states and their largest cities.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by Huntsville_secede

Texas cities are not more liberal than Atlanta, especially not Dallas. Probably Austin is and to some extent Houston may be, but the city of Dallas and it's suburbs feel fairly conservative.

No, not Houston. If anything, Houston is known for being a bit right-leaning/libertarian for a big city. That's what happens when your city limits are so freaking big that it includes a big chunk of suburbia. I couldn't imagine something like this happening in Atlanta but it sure did in Houston: https://www.texasobserver.org/fallen...-save-houston/

With its Civil Rights history, large collection of colleges and universities, large gay population, and its entertainment industry, I think Atlanta gives off a bit more of a liberal vibe than Dallas and Houston. Culturally Austin is like a supersized college town that wanted to be known as "weird" to distinguish itself from the rest of the state, so it's a different sort of animal.