BREAKING: Nathan Deal will veto Georgia’s ‘religious liberty’ bill

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 3/28/16 | Greg Bluestein

[madprof98]

Gov. Nathan Deal said he will veto the “religious liberty” bill that triggered a wave of criticism from gay rights groups and business leaders and presented him with one of the most consequential challenges he’s faced since his election to Georgia’s top office.

The measure “doesn’t reflect the character of our state or the character of its people,” the governor said Monday in prepared remarks. He said state legislators should leave freedom of religion and freedom of speech to the U.S. Constitution.

[wardaddy]

They easily have the votes for an override

Senate was over 2/3

House was almost unanimous

[Road Warrior ‘04]

The south has be infiltrated with transplants from the NE.

Yup! And, bringing their liberal politics with them.

[Yomin Postelnik]

This is absolute insanity. First the Gov. of South Dakota and now the Gov. of Georgia. America is finished unless something is done. May G-D Almighty lead us in the right way.

[mrsmel]

It'll be revenge on him if they do, but the sodomite agenda is the perfect example of Margaret Thatcher's “Ratchet Effect” theory, in which when the left gains ground, they never lose it.

All these sodomite mirages will never “annulled” by any future decision. They are here to stay, and the left is working on reaching the goal post-they always move them once the last one is reached. It only remains to be seen what their next goal will be-polygamous mirages? Legalisation of pedophilia, or incestuous mirages?

It's pretty plain to speculate why the US doesn't seem to figure much in Biblical prophecy-I believe that our judgement, as a nation, will happen much sooner and in spectacular fashion, before the prophecies of Revelation come to pass. We will no longer be a player on the world stage, exporting perversion and deviance to the world. We won't be needed to fulfill that function any longer-perversion will be officially accepted and enacted by almost every nation by then. Just look at what agenda Hussein uses our remaining influence in Africa to push-not literacy, not the epidemic of AIDS and other diseases, but to push the sodomite agenda.

[mrsmel]

They will try, but they will never completely eradicate Christianity-there will always be a remnant-Jesus Himself promised us this. But the winnowing of the wheat from the chaff will certainly show that the remnant of true, Biblical Christianity is a very small one, and the Bible tells us this would be so, also-that the path to Heaven is a narrow one, and the road to Hell is a broad one.

[mrsmel]

Exactly. The paid lip service to social issues as long as we would fall for mere lip service, but now that they've failed opportunity after opportunity to act on social issues, they can no longer get away with lip service, and they know it, and they know that we know it. So now they don't even bother with the lip service, what's the point when we all-they and we-know they're just lying anyway? No point in going through the tiresome, to them, charade when now the cards are all on the table as to just how much the social issues mean to them, which is nothing.

[mrsmel]

It’s been upside-down in much of the world for decades or even centuries, it’s just that now it’s finally getting close to home for Americans.

[Lent]

I see Tim Cook CEO of Apple, being gay is, “Among the greatest gifts God has given me,” also threatened GA. with some sort of of Apple punishment as well. Ever since he made that blasphemous comment my wife and I no longer buying Apple junk.

[Theodore R.]

He’s not unaware: just a die-hard liberal playing with the “R” label and Republicans too confused to know the difference.

[mrsmel]

Yes. They are trying to box faithful Christians into only speaking of our faith within the confines of a church building on certain days, when true Christians know that “Christian” is not something you do, it's what you are, as intrinsic to us as the sodomites claim their perversion is to them.

It's more preparation towards the day when worshipping Christ or anyone except the antichrist will be illegal and carry a death sentence. Per Alinsky rules-pick the target, freeze it, personalise it, and polarise it.

[MaxFlint]

The cost of staying and suffering in drawing talent is much higher. Corporations don’t make statements like that wily nily.

Coca Cola isn't running a theatrical company. The talent it takes to manufacture sugar water couldn't care less about the homo agenda.

[SoFloFreeper]

[SoFloFreeper]

Coca Cola threatened to pull out of Atlanta

Bluff.

[mrsmel]

That is true wardaddy, but I will always be pleased that Mississippi was the only state whose governor at least allowed the people to vote on the flag issue, knowing from polling what the likely result would be, and he was a Democrat, at that. Of course, that was in 2001-only 14 years ago but already seems like another historical era. I don't believe it would ever happen now-I mean allowing the people to vote on such an issue, especially knowing beforehand that the result would be one which the governor himself, along with most of the “outside world” vehemently disagreed.

[two23]

"The south has be infiltrated with transplants from the NE

Yes, we know. When they get their rear-only GA car tag, they leave their NY or NJ tag on the front of their vehicles as if it's some kind of bragging rite.

[madprof98]

If you read the article I excerpted here, you will see that your statement is false. The GA House is run by the #1 RINO in the country. This little “liberty” bill is dead. Deal and his GOP-e cronies just saved the federal courts the trouble of killing it.

[NKP_Vet]

March 28, 2016
Bill Donohue comments on Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s decision to veto a religious liberty bill:

Last week, I wrote a Newsmax article on how the left-wing establishment, led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the corporate establishment, led by Georgia Prospers, were independently working to crush the Georgia equivalent of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act; 30 states have similar laws. Now Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal pledges to veto the bill today.

If Gov. Deal were honest, he would say that the pressure coming from the corporate elite was overwhelming and that it threatened to cause economic ruin to his state. Even men and women of faith could understand why he would veto the bill.

Instead, he justified his veto saying, “I do not respond very well to insults or threats.” That is a lie—he responds very well to threats. Indeed, it is precisely the kinds of threats issued by the NFL, Disney, and Marvel Studios that made him cave: the NFL threatened to deny Atlanta a future Super Bowl, and Disney and Marvel threatened to relocate.

Gov. Deal made matters worse when he snickered at the faithful. According to CNN.com’s account of his position, he commented how ironic it is that “some people acknowledge that God grants the freedoms enumerated in the First Amendment, but want the government to enact laws to secure those rights.” He is quoted as saying, “Perhaps we should heed the hands-off admonition of the First Amendment.”

That is an astounding argument. The same Founders that acknowledged that our rights come from God, not government, insisted that it was the job of government to ensure those rights. If Gov. Deal can’t understand the difference between the origin of our inalienable rights, and the duty of government officials to protect them, he ought to take a remedial course in civics.

Contact Gov. Deal’s chief of staff, Chris Riley: cwr@georgia.gov

Phone: 212-371-3191
E-mail: pr@catholicleague.org

[wardaddy]

The bill passed 38-17 in Georgia senate and 216-1 in Georgia House

Bill 757 pastor protection bill

Given those numbers how is it false when I said they have the votes to override the veto?

[dp0622]

you’re not serious, right?

yeah. We are taking over Georgia. Cause that’s where all us want to go.

I don’t know ONE NYer that has moved to Georgia. FL and NC yes.

but blame us if it makes you feel better.

[mrsmel]

Yes, I also think we've lost that war, we lost it a long time ago, here on earth. In the here-and-now it makes me angry and frustrated, I never want to stop at least trying to stem the tide, but in the big picture, we were told this was coming, and not to have fear. We can never stop standing up for the right, simply because it is right. And we can still rejoice, because-to use the cliche, but it's true-in the end, God wins.