Netflix Will “Move Our Productions” Out Of Georgia If Anti-Gay Bill Becomes Law; Amblin [tr]

Deadline Hollywood ^ | March 24, 2016 | Dominic Patten

[C19fan]

5th UPDATE, 6:25 PM: Now Amblin Partners has joined the anti-Georgia chorus over the state’s pending religious liberty legislation. “Amblin Partners is committed to diversity and inclusion for all,” the company led by Steven Spielberg. “We would be disappointed to see our pipeline of production end at the Georgia border because of this legislation. While we are aware that Governor Deal has not yet made a decision, we stand with our industry colleagues in strongly urging him to veto this bill.”

[Vaduz]

Extortion at it’s finest just brothers winks.

[teletech]

Never had NETFLIX, and never will.

[Slambat]

“Amblin Partners is committed to diversity and inclusion for all,”

What do people expect? President Obama is one of those
bunghole burglars that allowed himself to be sodomized by another man.
That’s whats running the country.
People want to dog Trump for paying off these types of
people to be able to do business in the Fascist Capital NYC.
Now look how low businesses have to stoop just to do business
and curry favor with the government. No telling how many
republicans had to “Perform” to get on the ballot. Which
might explain their spinelessness.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I know Deal and he will veto.

[buffaloguy]

It may be that Netflix has too many customers. Perhaps they need to have their customer based “rightsized”.

[gtwizard]

Is it really that you can’t “Understand” or is it that your guilty conscience won’t let you acknowledge that you are STEALING every time you “torrent” in violation of someone’s copyright? If everyone STOLE the content (as your comment implies you do) there would be no revenue ergo . . . NO MORE SHOWS.

We pay because it’s the right thing to do. Not to mention ... its the law.

[american_ranger]

I just qui. Reason: Georgia

[max americana]

Thanks for your idiotic reply. May be you didn’t read the “ I am in the biz” part of my reply to another Freeper. 5 of my shows that I produce have been downlaoded more than a million times and I dont give a rip.

Now if i dont give a sh8t, why do you? Okay sweetheart, let’s be clear here. My shows are in the top 25 of the Nielsen ratings and netflix standings. Now kiss my ass and figure that one out.

[gtwizard]

So ask your “producer” friend ... when everybody downloads through torrent and no one is paying for the service ... who is going to pay his/her “producer” salary? Believe me, your producer friend may believe that torrent has expanded the universe of TWD but would never want it to take over as the most popular way of getting the show. Ask him/her ... I dare you!

[GraceG]

Note they don’t post the text of the bill or even a link to it to let their readers read it themselves and make a judgement about it...

Nope they just say how bad it is...

http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157324.pdf

http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20152016/HB/757

House Bill 757 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
To protect religious freedoms; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to provide that religious officials
shall not be required to perform marriage ceremonies, perform rites, or administer sacraments
in violation of their legal right to free exercise
of religion; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of
the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as
to change certain provisions relating to days
of rest for employees of business and industry;
to protect property owners which are religious
organizations against infringement of religious
freedom; to define a term; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage
generally, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:
“
19-3-11.
(a) No minister of the gospel or cleric or
religious practitioner ordained or authorized to
solemnize marriages, perform rites, or administer sacraments according to the usages of the
denomination, when acting in his or her official religious capacity, shall be required to
solemnize any marriage, perform any rite, or administer any sacrament in violation of his
or her right to free exercise of religion under
the Constitution of this state or of the United
States.

(b) A refusal by an ordained or authorized
person pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code
section shall not give rise to a civil claim or
cause of action against such person or result
in any state action to penalize, withhold benefits from, or discriminate against such person
based on such refusal.
“

LC 25 6566S
H. B. 757 (SUB)
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SECTION 2.

Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other
trade practices, is amended by revising Code Section 10-1-573, relating to day of rest for
employees of business and industry, as follows:
“
10-1-573.

(a)
Any business or industry which operates on either of the two rest days (Saturday or
Sunday) and employs those whose habitual day of worship has been chosen by the
employer as a day of work shall make all reasonable accommodations to the religious,
social, and physical needs of such employees so that those employees may enjoy the same
benefits as employees in other occupations.

(b) No business or industry shall be required by ordinance or resolution of any county,
municipality, or consolidated government to operate on either of the two rest days
(Saturday or Sunday).
“

SECTION 3.

Said chapter is further amended by adding a new article to read as follows:
“
ARTICLE 35

10-1-1000.

(a) As used in this Code
section, the term ‘religious or
ganization’ means a church, a
religious school, an association or convention of churches, a convention mission agency,
or an integrated auxiliary of a church or convention or association of churches, when such
entity is qualified as an exempt religious organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(b) No religious organization shall be required to rent, lease, or otherwise grant permission
for property to be used by another person for an event which is objectionable to such
religious organization.

(c) A refusal by a religious organization pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section
shall not give rise to a civil claim or cause
of action against such religious organization or
an employee thereof or result in
any state action to penalize, withhold benefits from, or
discriminate against the religious organization or employee based on such refusal.
“

SECTION 4.

This Act shall become effective upon its appr
oval by the Governor or upon its becoming law

without such approval.

LC 25 6566S
H. B. 757 (SUB)
- 3 -
SECTION 5.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

[IronJack]

Call their bluff. “We will not have the values of the State of Georgia dictated to us by a motley collection of West Coast liberals. We put principle above profit.”

[gtwizard]

So, Mr “In The Biz” give us your real name. Let us know who to credit with giving us all permission to download for free the content that some company is paying MILLIONS to produce. Including paying your salary supposedly. Lets see how long you remain in the “BIZ.”

Again ... Your real name? I dare you!

[left that other site]

I was fully planning to re-up Netflix when i got a place to live.

Now I won’t.

[max americana]

Now why would everyone DL clown. That’s NOT how we producers make money. AARGHHHH. This is like explaining E=MC2 to daffy Duck. This is like explaining to another Freeper that they have to get their ass down here physically to L.A. to sell a spec script..

[i_robot73]

To every one even HINTING: Do it. Cash that check. Skin that smoke wagon (love that quote/movie). Put your $$ where you ideology begins.

Actions have consequences; and I’ll MY $$ talk for me.

Though they’ve come out w/ some good shows, it’s not like unsubscribing would cause me to miss *ANY* said show I desire (ain’t the internet grand?)....if I wanted.

[getitright]

#crybullies

[Cyman]

“Netflix comes out against religious freedom”

That is the real issue but of course the professional victims want to frame it as discrimination against the LGBDTXYZ

[gtwizard]

You are changing your story now Mr. “In the Biz.” (Jeeze I gotta say nobody in the industry says that any more.) You are the one that said he didn’t understand why people paid for subscriptions!

And as for the “E=MC2” I’ll stack my physics background up against your “Biz” background any day!

And as for your real name ... don’t worry there is enough in your profile to know who you are. Thanks for the car info too. That makes it much easier! Unless of course you are lying! But what kind of looser lies in his profile?

Mr “In the Biz’s” Profile:

“I live and work in Hollywood. Don’t ask me where I am in the hierarchy of things (and to avoid the trolls) but let’s just say it was not a coincidence that Iron Man was green-lit and that’s all I can say. Add Tv producer too of at least 5 series on cable and network TV which rank in the top 10 weekly ratings. I am right in the middle of working in the industry choc-full of homos and liberals and only by the grace of God that I have not strangled everyone of these POS a-hole libtards. I can also thank Hellywood for 2 of my precious cars: a 1967 Corvette Stingray and a Dodge Viper souped up to 500 HP. Yup, I’m not even 30..and how many Freepers say they worked on Iron Man 1 and 2?

Originally from Canadastan and to avoid the liberal socialist country (and canadians who deeply hate Americans but fuck them), I moved to America and now knee-deep in another socialist haven created by the Kenyan Klown of Kommunism, P-resident Odumbo.

I am the most right-wing Freeper in the role call. I advocate landmines at the border to deter border jumpers, open revolution as we CANNOT EFFING CO-EXIST with libtards, and the separation of the red states from the blue. I champion the nuking of terrorist nations like Egypt and Iran, the public beat-down of every liberal journalist in the country, and openly hiring only conservatives at every company. But if you are a woman, you’ve gotta be hot too.

Guns, girls, God. Reagan, no fags and sex.

My nightly prayer:

Dear Lord, please allow the Civil War to start in order for me to save my nation. We cannot co-exist with liberals and they really need to go. Kindly arm me with weapons and firearms that will make short work of these Godless heathens called liberals. Kicking them in the face and smashing their heads in with a baseball bat is not enough. If you wish for your religion to prosper, then liberals have to go. They don’t believe in You anyway, so give me the strength to destroy our enemies.

Amen MAX’s TIPS ON HOW TO FIRE LIBERALS. 1) Go around the company parking lot and spot the bumper sticker with Obama Biden stickers on them 2) Go to Human Resources: prepare pink slip. Call idiot lib into office. 3) Tell lib moron that “due to cutbacks AND the economy, we are downsizing.” 4) Watch lib cry. Smoke a cigar. Watch lib cry. Record. 5) Play recording and laugh with your friends “

[Sgt_Schultze]

The Gov should sign the legislation and begin to run ads in Georgia informing the population about which out-of-state companies are refusing to buy from Georgia companies or do business in the state. Citizens should be informed of alternate and friendly companies to use as substitutes and be invited to reciprocate in the boycott.

[mulligan]

Good. You will not be missed.