Kasim Reed, 'religious liberty' author in a Twitter war
On Wednesday, the first few paragraphs of an AJC look at the next steps for same-sex marriage opponents, should the U.S. Supreme Court negate state bans on gay nuptials, included comments from state Sen. Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. To wit:
Among the more immediate possibilities conservative lawmakers are considering: legislation to enable some government officials to opt out of gay wedding ceremonies if it violates their faith; another to safeguard faith-based adoption agencies that reject gay couples; and another to enact a a “covenant marriage” statute that is harder to dissolve and appeals to the deeply religious.“I anticipate if the court moves in this direction, we’re going to see a bunch of legislation related to religious liberty and around same-sex marriage,” said state Sen. Josh McKoon, a Columbus Republican who sides with opponents of gay marriage.
State Sen. Josh McKoon, R-Columbus/AJC file
They will be met with staunch opposition from some leading Republicans, Democrats and business boosters, who fear the legislation would hamper Georgia’s economic development and amount to discrimination. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, for one, said the people who support “religious liberty” and its spinoffs are “on the wrong side of history.”
Later that afternoon, the pair left the front page and took their discussion to Twitterland. McKoon, the author of a "religious liberty" bill, was first out of the box:
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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.
