U.S. senators on all sides must act against anti-LGBTQ discrimination Georgia has had the eyes of the nation on it for some time now.
It’s just more than five years now since people across Georgia braced themselves as lawmakers sent sweeping anti-LGBTQ legislation to the desk of then-Gov.
Nathan Deal. The LGBTQ community feared the potential harms that the broad “license to discriminate” bill could bring. Business leaders feared billions of dollars being drained from the state’s economy as major players from Hollywood, the business sector and even the NFL threatened to pull investments.
But after thousands of calls, meetings and letters, Gov. Deal — a Republican and devout Evangelical Christian — ultimately did the right thing.