"People used to be able to express sincerely held religious and moral opinions on homosexuality without the gay gestapo unleashing vicious attacks on them and their livelihoods."

So says a respondent on the AJC's Facebook page.

Opponents of same-sex marriage say they are reluctant to speak out nowadays because of the almost certain backlash that will follow from gay activists. The Rev. Bryant Wright of the Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in East Cobb, for example, accuses the activists of a "bullying, intimidating approach." Another local pastor says that "the ones calling for tolerance the loudest are the most intolerant."

The U.S. Supreme Court may rule as early as Thursday on whether gay couples have a constitutional right to marry. But the acrimonious debate that has precded that ruling will almost certainly follow it.

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Atlanta art and antiques appraiser and auctioneer Allan Baitcher (right) takes bids during a 2020 auction. Baitcher and his company, Peachtree Antiques, are being sued by a Florida multimillionaire who says he paid them $20 million for fakes. (AJC 2020)

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