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! 
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Georgia Equality launches pro-marriage ad campaign – the state’s first pro-marriage equality television ad
Georgia Equality releases Geor
gia’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
History In the Making for Our Freedom to Marry!
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
Prominent Georgia voices join national push for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule for marriage equality
Today, March 6, dozens of “friend-of-the-court” briefs were filed to the U.S. Supreme Court, making the case that the Justices should rule in favor of the freedom to marry and end marriage discrimination, including in Georgia, one of 13 states where a marriage ban remains in effect. Continue reading
Anti-Gay “Religious Freedom” Bill Faces Setback…For Now
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.