All posts tagged "georgia"
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Elton John slams Georgia religious freedom bill as discriminatory
— Elton John, voicing his opposition to a religious freedom bill currently before the Georgia Legislature in an op/ed published by The Atlanta Journal Constitution. The English...
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Progressive groups urge senators to reject Obama judicial nominee
President Obama’s embattled judicial nominee for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia faced renewed opposition this week as nearly 30 civil...
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Obama judicial nominee continues to face LGBT opposition
Tuesday’s two-hour confirmation hearing for a controversial Obama judicial nominee did little to quell the concerns of the nation’s largest LGBT-rights organization. In a letter...
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Federal lawsuit filed against Georgia’s same-sex marriage ban
Georgia became the latest state to face a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Lambda Legal filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday...
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Georgia’s same-sex marriage ban will “institutionalize discrimination against LGBTI people”
“The amendment serves no purpose but to institutionalise discrimination against LGBTI people. As equality is the defining element of a civilised and inclusive society, I...
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Mob of thousands forces LGBT activists to flee in Tbilisi, Georgia
“We won’t allow these sick people to hold gay parades in our country. It’s against our traditions and our morals.” Zhuzhuna Tavadze, speaking to Reuters...
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Georgia’s Tybee Island holds inaugural gay event
Located just a half-hour drive from Savannah, Georgia’s Tybee Island is gay-welcoming, but has not developed a reputation as a “gay destination.” That might change with...
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Yeah, well, we’re not sure any gay would want to marry Sen. Saxby Chambliss
“I’m not gay. So I’m not going to marry one.” — Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), when asked by Politico if his views on gay marriage...
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Global LGBT Briefs: Up in Africa, down in Caucasus
Malawi President Stands Up for Gay Rights President Joyce Banda of Malawi, who rose from vice president to her country's top spot in April following...
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Gay victim bravely condemns Atlanta attackers as “monsters”
Brandon White courageously came forward today at a press conference to address an assault that had been videotaped by alleged gang members and posted on...
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Anti-Abortion Site Credits Anti-LGBT Official With Komen’s Defunding of Planned Parenthood
On Tuesday, the pink-ribboned breast cancer charity known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure stopped issuing grant money to Planned Parenthood, a nationwide, nonprofit provider...
