A powerful Georgia Republican attempted to address the concerns of LGBT activists and other critics of an anti-gay religious bill, but he was smacked down by his GOP colleagues on Thursday during a hearing at the State Capitol.  Instead, state Sen. Josh McKoon’s controversial “religious freedom” bill was tabled by his own Judiciary Committee after an hour-long hearing. A frustrated McKoon said after the hearing that the amendment from Senate Majority Leader Bill Cowsert was a “poorly worded, bad addition” to his bill.  Read the full story on Project Q Atlanta.