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Bryant Wright: Capitol fight is between 'erotic liberty' and 'religious liberty'

January 13, 2015 Atlanta: An overflow crowd lines the railings above the Capitol Rotunda during a rally in support of fired Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran on Tuesday afternoon January 13, 2015. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM AJC file/Ben Gray, bgray@ajc.com

Credit: Jim Galloway

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January 13, 2015 Atlanta: An overflow crowd lines the railings above the Capitol Rotunda during a rally in support of fired Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran on Tuesday afternoon January 13, 2015. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM AJC file/Ben Gray, bgray@ajc.com
By Jim Galloway
Jan 14, 2015

Our AJC colleague Aaron Gould Sheinin sends the following dispatch:

The sermon came as the fight over so-called religious liberty bills heats up in the Capitol. Dueling events Tuesday featured groups supporting and opposed to measures that would prevent government from interfering with an individual's right to practice his or her religion.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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