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You Have The Right to Discriminate: Inside Georgia’s Grim Religious Freedom Bill

The LGBT community could face state-sanctioned discrimination now that a religious freedom bill has successfully passed through the Georgia senate. But that’s not all that’s at stake.

You Have The Right to Discriminate: Inside Georgia’s Grim Religious Freedom Bill

[DIGEST: Yahoo, CNN, The Georgia Voice]

State-sanctioned discrimination is legal, according to the Georgia state Senate’s religious freedom bill. The Georgia State Senate passed the GOP-backed legislation on February 19 by a 38-14 margin along party lines. Should the bill get the go-ahead from the Republican-led house, and wind up on the desk of Governor Nathan Deal, his approval could pave the way for legislation that has been heavily criticized for violating the equal protections clause of the Constitution.

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