Current Events Blog for Mrs. Countryman's AP United States History class at Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Cameron Eisenberg- Georgia governor vetoes anti-LGBT law
House Bill 757 would have allowed religious organizations the right to turn away people based on sexual presences and if you were transgender. Supporters claimed it was protecting religious freedom while Opponents called it Anti-LGBT. Earlier today Georgia Governor Nathan Deal vetoed the law, because "Georgia is a welcoming state...I intend to do my part to keep it that way". I'm glad that Georgia agreed against this law. This fight for LGBT laws is like the Civil Rights movement. This can be compared to Brown vs Board of education, or the Civil Rights Act of 1968, both of which denounced segregation and agreed people shouldn't be hired based on race. Similarly, this can be compared to the Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage, saying marriage shouldn't be based on gender. Hopefully, the rest of America will follow Georgia's example
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it's quite simple people can follow their faith without being discriminatory towards others. Your liberty at the cost of others equality isn't liberty at all
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