House Bill 757, a bill entitled as an Act to protect religious freedoms, came up with the idea of letting "faith-based" companies and/or organizations in Georgia the choice of denying services to the LGBT community. The advocates stated that it is for the "protection of religious freedom", but the opposed side claims that this idea is "anti-LGBT" and "appalling." But the talk of this situation is that Nathan Deal, governor of Georgia, opinionated that the bill is unnecessary, and that he will veto it. He publicized, "I do not think we have to discriminate against anyone to protect the faith-based community in Georgia... the character of our state and the character of our people. Georgia is a welcoming state. It is full of loving, kind and generous people... I intend to do my part to keep it that way. For that reason I will veto House Bill 757."
I believe that Deal made the right decision. He definitely had to think about the consequences of both sides, but in the end he was not pressured by either side and came out with an appropriate solution. And I also think that his reasoning for his decision was very poised with Georgia, as a whole and it's image, as his highest interest. Even when a Georgia legislator, State Senator, Mike Crane, wanted to override the veto, Deal responded and stated that there was "clear anti-discriminatory language." I have a lot of respect for him not being swayed by pressure, he stuck with his gut belief. This current news reminds me of the early 1950s, time of the "Red Scare", when Joseph McCarthy investigated homosexuals holding government jobs. He proclaimed that the government had been infiltrated by homosexuals, and that they posed a threat equally as grave to national security. There was this fear that gay men and women could be blackmailed into revealing state secrets resulted in a systematic campaign to identify and remove all government employees suspected of homosexuality. This situation relates because in both situations the LGBT community is being questioned as "appropriate" for jobs and higher positions.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/us/georgia-north-carolina-lgbt-bills/index.html
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