2016 Could be a Very Difficult Year for LGBT Activists
In Georgia, LGBT advocates are not having a great week. A bill to make it law that religious officials don’t have to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies is sailing through the Republican-controlled legislature. It passed a key committee on Tuesday, which happened to be the same day Republicans stripped protections for gay and transgender people from a civil rights bill. And in voting against the proposed LGBT protections, a Republican lawmaker wondered out loud whether gay children and teens really do need protection from bullying. “We’re trying to make sure somebody doesn’t get bullied by anybody else,” said state Rep. […]