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Anti-gay grad student files appeal to stop university from expelling her
ATLANTA — A Georgia graduate student who has sued Augusta State University in a battle over graduate program requirements and her stated anti-gay “Christian beliefs,” has petitioned the U. S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to prevent the university from expelling her.
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Georgia Christian college staff told to reject homosexuality or get fired
ROME, Ga. — Shorter University, a Christian liberal arts college in Rome, Ga., has announced a policy which will require its more than 200 employees to sign a “Personal Lifestyle Statement” rejecting homosexuality.
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Six police officers fired, nine disciplined over botched raid of Atlanta gay bar
Six Atlanta police officers have been fired following an investigation into the botched raid of an Atlanta gay bar in 2009.
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Home Depot tells anti-gay hate group AFA what they can do with their petition
Executives at The Home Depot gave a cool reception to representatives of the anti-gay hate group American Family Association at the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Atlanta this week.
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Georgia state lawmaker comes out amid allegations of sexual misconduct
A Georgia state Representative becomes the state’s third openly gay lawmaker after he came out on Friday amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Georgia man targeted with anti-gay slurs, arson in possible hate crime
A Georgia man says his home was set on fire just hours after someone threw a rock through his window with a note wrapped around it containing anti-gay slurs. Carroll County Sheriff’s Office investigators are investigating what appears to be arson and a possible hate crime.
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Atlanta gay bar gets $1 million for bogus raid; still no resolution in Fort Worth invasion
The Atlanta City Council last week voted 14-0 to award the Atlanta Eagle bar $1 million in response to a federal lawsuit filed by a private attorney on behalf of 19 clients unjustly arrested in a botched police raid last September.
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KKK rally in Augusta falls flat, pro-gay counter-protesters outnumber Klan
Members of the Ku Klux Klan and representatives from the Supreme White Alliance rallied at Augusta State University on Saturday to protest the school’s action in requiring one of its graduate students to complete remediation courses regarding homosexuality.
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Ku Klux Klan plans rally to support anti-gay counseling student
The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a rally in support of an Augusta State University counseling student who claims her First Amendment rights were violated when the school told her that her anti-gay beliefs are incompatible with the standards of her desired profession. Bobby Spurlock, the imperial wizard knighthawk and grand dragon of South […]
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Pastor Eddie Long, on claims of sexually abusing four teens: ‘I am under attack’
The pastor of an Atlanta mega-church who once described homosexuality as a “spiritual abortion,” was cheered by a congregation of 10,000 on Sunday while he fights accusations of sexually abusing four teenage boys in his ministry. “I am not the man that has been portrayed on television,” said Pastor Eddie Long, leader of the New […]