Texas Senator Ted Cruz suspended his presidential campaign Tuesday night after a decisive loss in the Hoosier State — one that he determined was a must win for him. A post mortem story in Politico suggests that despite the fact that Indiana should have been Cruz-friendly territory with its southern social conservative heritage, the candidate’s
It’s Friday, and we’re back in our regular slot for WGST GeorgiaPol radio at noon on 640AM. It’s been a rather eventful week as we’ve transitioned fully into campaign season. So what are we going to talk about today? Let’s see. We have prophet for profit Debbie Dooley discovering that threatening to sue isn’t the
Melvin Everson is the Executive Director of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, charged with investigating charges of discrimination in the areas of employment and housing. A former state representative who was elected in 2005 as the first black conservative in over 150 years, Melvin has also served as an Associate Pastor at Salem Missionary
Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Republican State Senator Marty Harbin of Tyrone. Sen. Harbin was elected in 2014. He represents District 16, which includes Lamar, Spalding and Pike counties and most of Fayette County. We have been involved in a very long and difficult struggle to defend religious liberty in the state
A post on the National Review website postulates that Governor Nathan Deal’s recent veto of House Bill 757, the Free Exercise Protection Act, shows that the influence of the Christian right is declining in the Peach State. One week after Deal’s veto, which came on Easter Monday, evangelical leaders, lawmakers, and activists across the state
This week’s Courier Herald column: The Georgia General Assembly adjourned Sine Die the Thursday before Easter, after passing a controversial religious freedom bill the week before. It was a final week filled with threats of boycotts and political reprisals. After a brief break for Easter weekend, the Governor emerged last Monday with a veto. It
With the Governor’s veto of the Religious Freedom bill on Monday, The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta has decided that, unless the bill legalizing alcohol sales on Sunday before 12:30pm passes next session, the church sees no reason to stay in Georgia. “Let’s face it” Bishop Davey McDavid told reporters “We’re already religion light to most
On Monday, Governor Nathan Deal vetoed HB 757. Just now, I’ve received my third email from Mike Crane’s congressional campaign on the matter. Two of the three were direct fundraising emails. This latest one puts Senator Crane directly into the “ScamPAC” territory. In the email, Crane threatens a false deadline of 48 hours “to choose”.
At a Capitol press conference this morning more than 30 religious leaders expressed their disappointment over Governor Deal’s veto of House Bill 757, and vowed to redouble their efforts to override the governor’s veto or to pass religious freedom legislation in an upcoming legislative session. The group announced the results of a new poll conducted
Senator Greg Kirk, sponsor of the “First Amendment Defense Act” which became part of HB 757 when attached to the less controversial Pastor Protection Act, has decided that he is “moving on” with respect to sponsorship of religious freedom bills in next year’s General Assembly. As reported by Jill Nolan in the Dalton Citizen, Kirk
