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Georgia Governor Vetoes Anti-LGBT Bill

Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal has said that he will be vetoing House Bill 757. The bill passed through the Georgia state legislature and would have permitted faith-based organizations in the state the option to deny services and employment to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Supporters argued that the measure was intended to protect …

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Disney & Marvel threaten to boycott Georgia

Disney and its subsidiary Marvel Studios have expressed their opposition to Georgia’s pending religious liberty bill, which sits waiting for a decision from Governor Nathan Deal. They will take their business elsewhere “should any legislation allowing discriminatory practices be signed into state law.”   Due to generous tax incentives, the state of Georgia has become …

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Georgia Executes a Woman for The First Time in 70 Years

The U.S. state of Georgia executed its only woman on death row on Wednesday, marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death sentence on a woman, a prison official said. Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died by lethal injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, …

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