After a decade of debate, Georgia now has a ‘religious liberty’ law

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The office of Georgia Equality executive director Jeff Graham features a 2016 newspaper ad opposing a controversial religious liberty bill. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Former Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal drew national attention in 2016 when he vetoed a religious liberty bill that opponents argued would result in discrimination against LGBTQ people.

But over roughly the next decade, supporters did not give up. When a similar measure passed again this spring, Gov. Brian Kemp promptly signed it into law with far less outcry.

Jeff Graham, the executive director of Georgia Equality, the state’s leading LGBTQ advocacy group, is among the Georgia advocates and strategists reflecting on what changed during that time. Continue reading…

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