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BREAKING: Nathan Deal vetoes Georgia’s ‘religious liberty’ bill | Political Insider blog :thumbs:
Georgia has lots of right-wingers who supported this bill, but it also has an enormous amount of corporate influence that lobbied fiercely against it. So Deal had to choose between two conservative gods: White Jesus, and the Almighty Dollar. This time, he chose the Almighty Dollar.
Still, he did the right thing, and in the end that's what matters.
The two-term Republican has been besieged by all sides over the controversial measure, and his office has received thousands of emails and hundreds of calls on the debate. The tension was amplified by a steady stream of corporate titans who urged him to veto the bill – and threatened to pull investments from Georgia if it became law.
Georgia has lots of right-wingers who supported this bill, but it also has an enormous amount of corporate influence that lobbied fiercely against it. So Deal had to choose between two conservative gods: White Jesus, and the Almighty Dollar. This time, he chose the Almighty Dollar.
Still, he did the right thing, and in the end that's what matters.