Atlanta’s 2019 Super Bowl bid becomes a pawn in ‘religious liberty’ fight
If you didn't see this one coming, allow us to recommend a decent optometrist. These paragraphs are from a letter sent today from Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, to Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League, address SB 129, Georgia's "religious liberty" bill:
Public businesses ranging from department stores to the corner pharmacy, funeral homes to restaurants, all could legally turn away LGBT people. Those are not values the NFL supports. I strongly urge you to consider whether that is the type of environment to which you want to bring a Super Bowl, and the associated revenues, prestige, and media spotlight….
Read the entire letter here:
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About the Author
Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.
