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03-24-2016, 03:58 AM
AMC Network urges Georgia gover**r to reject anti-LGBT bill
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AMC has joined a chorus of entertainment companies in opposing a controversial piece of Georgia legislation currently awaiting approval by Gov. Nathan Deal.
The bill in question — the Free Exercise Protection Act — would allow faith-based organizations to refuse employment to people whose beliefs they deem in conflict with their own and allow pastors and churches to refuse to services for same-*** couples.*
SEE ALSO: Alexandria's brainiest grabbed survival by the balls in the latest 'Walking Dead' (http://mashable.com/2016/03/20/the-walking-dead-twice-as-far-recap/)
“As a company, AMC Networks believes that discrimination of any kind is reprehensible," the network, which films its hit The Walking Dead*in the state,*said in a statement. "We applaud Gover**r Deal’s leadership in resisting a previous version of this divisive legislation and urge him to reject the current version as well.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/the-walking-dead-amc-georgia-bill/)
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AMC has joined a chorus of entertainment companies in opposing a controversial piece of Georgia legislation currently awaiting approval by Gov. Nathan Deal.
The bill in question — the Free Exercise Protection Act — would allow faith-based organizations to refuse employment to people whose beliefs they deem in conflict with their own and allow pastors and churches to refuse to services for same-*** couples.*
SEE ALSO: Alexandria's brainiest grabbed survival by the balls in the latest 'Walking Dead' (http://mashable.com/2016/03/20/the-walking-dead-twice-as-far-recap/)
“As a company, AMC Networks believes that discrimination of any kind is reprehensible," the network, which films its hit The Walking Dead*in the state,*said in a statement. "We applaud Gover**r Deal’s leadership in resisting a previous version of this divisive legislation and urge him to reject the current version as well.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/23/the-walking-dead-amc-georgia-bill/)
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