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Religious liberty’ bill jeopardizes Atlanta Super Bowl bid
AJC ^ | 3-18-16 | Jeff Schultz

Posted on 03/18/2016 1:21:31 PM PDT by Dacula

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EXTORTION - The Georgia economy will be just fine without the damn game. Less homicides too!

Don't cave, although I know Governor Deal will.

1 posted on 03/18/2016 1:21:31 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: Dacula
#EconomicTerrorism

Call it what it is.

2 posted on 03/18/2016 1:23:06 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (...)
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To: Dacula

Tell the National Felon League to go somewhere it eould be welcome, like MA or CA.


3 posted on 03/18/2016 1:23:19 PM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: Dacula

The NFL (and the politicians that get comp tix) talk a great economic game, but I have a difficult time seeing any real benefit from when the SB was here in Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium.


4 posted on 03/18/2016 1:23:42 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Dacula

The NFL has been down this politically correct road before.

They pulled the 1993 Super Bowl out of Phoenix, because Arizona at that time did not have a state holiday for Martin Luther King. The Super Bowl had already been awarded, but the NFL revoked that Super Bowl, and gave it to Pasadena instead.

Eventually Arizona did decide to have a state holiday for King, and has had Super Bowls since.

I completely disagree with the NFL being so politically correct as to withhold Super Bowls, but the point is, they have done it before, and could do it again.

The question is, whether states will cave to PC just to get a Super Bowl and make the NFL happy.


5 posted on 03/18/2016 1:24:18 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dacula
Homosexuals/bisexuals/transexuals are less than 2% of the population.

So why is so much business and entertainment industry bending over backwards to show how "inclusive" they are of them?

6 posted on 03/18/2016 1:24:58 PM PDT by Samwell Tarly
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To: Dacula

Screw the NFL.


7 posted on 03/18/2016 1:25:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: Dacula

Knew there was a reason I stopped watching football. The National Flamer League needs to go down in their own flames.


8 posted on 03/18/2016 1:25:58 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Dacula

Dead links.


9 posted on 03/18/2016 1:27:52 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Dacula
Doesn't the NFL have a monopoly exemption, or something like that?

It would be a shame if they lost all their special perks.

10 posted on 03/18/2016 1:28:36 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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To: Dacula

Tell the National Felon League to GO POUND SAND. And them inform them that because of their Blatant Discrimination, they are forbidden from conducting ANY BUSINESS, Including Advertising, broadcasting of their games within the State. No Merchandising, no Nothing.


11 posted on 03/18/2016 1:29:11 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Samwell Tarly

That’s a very good question. Why do we have to bend over backwards to prove how liberal we are regarding “LGBT” peoples????

And what the hell happened to this culture, that we do so???

Just to note that, in 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act passed with overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats.

At one time, even liberal Democrats did not kowtow to the “LGBT” peoples. Now all Democrats kowtow and even many Republicans also kowtow, for fear of being labeled bigoted and homophobic and all that. What happened??


12 posted on 03/18/2016 1:29:54 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dacula

Freedom!! Ooo, look, bread and circuses.


13 posted on 03/18/2016 1:30:42 PM PDT by No.6
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To: Dacula

Roger Goodell hates Christianity. The NFL, too.


14 posted on 03/18/2016 1:31:10 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper (Just say no to HRC)
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To: Olog-hai

That must be why our RINO Gov Deal is squealing like a stuck pig over it. What a tool!


15 posted on 03/18/2016 1:33:24 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Dacula

Most studies have shown hosting these megaevents results in zero or perhaps even negative economic boosts. The event scares away normal tourists and residents. The organization behind the event, in the case the NFL, is very good at capturing most of the financial benefits that might accrue to the host. The host city is also stuck with massive security bills.


16 posted on 03/18/2016 1:33:31 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“I completely disagree with the NFL being so politically correct as to withhold Super Bowls, but the point is, they have done it before, and could do it again.”

I wonder how many fans would sign on to a ticket boycott.


17 posted on 03/18/2016 1:34:32 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: T-Bird45

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/football/religious-liberty-bill-could-prevent-atlanta-super/nqnyK/

Try this one.


18 posted on 03/18/2016 1:35:05 PM PDT by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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I would sooner send Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders big donation checks than watch an NFL game or have anything to do with that hardcore Leftist/Progressive organization.

If everyone who claims to care about liberty did the same thing this sort of crap would stop quickly.


19 posted on 03/18/2016 1:36:41 PM PDT by Junk Silver
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I guess every state that has passed an “anti-Shari’ah” bill into law will be similarly treated by the NFL.


20 posted on 03/18/2016 1:37:30 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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