The Senate Rules Committee advanced the so-called First Amendment Defense Act (FADA). Now, this mean-spirited bill aiming to write discrimination against same-sex couples into Georgia law moves to the Senate floor, where it could be voted on at any moment.

Media Coverage –

http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-senate-panel-merges-religious-liberty-bill/nqRHm/#cfb91eee.3828699.736010

 

Did you hear the news?

Yesterday, the voters in State House District 80 (Brookhaven) overwhelmingly elected Taylor Bennett to serve as their next Representative in the State House.

Georgia Equality is proud to have endorsed Taylor early in this race and so pleased to know that there is one more pro-equality voice in the State House.

Taylor’s winning campaign proves that the targeted and strategic voter outreach work undertaken by Georgia Equality and our partners can and DOES work. More importantly, we are in a time now when candidates who make LGBT equality a centerpiece of their campaigns can win elections in Georgia and win by a significant margin.

Georgia Equality staff and volunteers are so pleased to have been able to support Taylor in this race and look forward to working with him in the coming years.

As we continue to fight for full lived equality for LGBT Georgians, the ability to help elect candidates like Taylor Bennett is crucial. Consider a making donation to Georgia Equality today and stand with us as we get ready for the 2016 Legislative session ahead and continue to our work for LGBT equality under the law in Georgia

 

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that Title VII of the 1967 Civil Rights Act now includes protection from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation after history ruling! Continue reading →

Georgia Equality releases Georgia’s first pro-marriage equality television ad campaign in Augusta and Savannah areas –  in anticipation an expected decision on the issue by the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of June. Jeff Graham, Georgia Equality ED made the following statement to the AJC. Continue reading →

This week  on April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court began to hear oral argument in marriage cases out of Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. Today’s oral argument is a historic moment that caps a collective decades-long movement for the freedom to marry – from families who fought for their marriages, to the legal teams and organizations who have shepherded these cases, to the campaign that has created the climate for success by building a critical mass of states and support. Together, our side’s high-powered attorneys are making a case to the court as compelling as the transformative case we’ve already made in the court of public opinion.

It is time now for the Supreme Court to finish the job on marriage, and get our country on the right side of history. The country is ready. Continue reading →