When the GOP leaders get told by business interests to veto something passed by big GOP majorities, they get a funny look on their face. Confused and concerned. Like a dog who is ordered by his master to jump on the sofa where he has always been forbidden.
OT: Is this the first story in 12 hours where the comments work?
The look you describe sounds like someone who is wondering why his last fart had lumps in it.
I thought people who had “strong religious beliefs” would shower the nonbelievers with love and understanding in an attempt to “educate” them in Christ’s love. But it’s so much easier to hate instead all the while feeling morally superior. Perhaps they need to reeducate themselves in the true meaning of the Bible?
If the Atlanta Falcons, Hawks and Braves all threatened to notify their respective leagues they were exiting Georgia due to the pending law the veto would happen in 30 seconds.
It was not working on my work computer yesterday but was on my ipad and wasn’t working on my work computer today until it started working a few stories ago.
I’ll admit my first thought was if they really wanted to stop the bill they and other cable companies should offer to administer it.
I get all my legislation on The Dish.
As I said in the thread on NC, the larger companies have major issues with hate legislation.If the fiasco in IN was an indication, GA should take this very seriously. The mom & pop service providers like pizza joints, bakers, photographers, etc are thrilled that their religious bigotry will be upheld. They don’t care how much money the State will have to fork out defending this garbage. They also don’t have a national image to worry about.
Good on Time/Warner (for a change).
AMC Network (home of The Walking Dead which films in Georgia) is also opposing the bill
Hey ! ! — Quit fucking with us here and get back to work ! ! —
And if Time Warner, CNN, Turner and HBO said they were leaving the state for greener pastures and taking their businesses elsewhere…that too would have a strong effect. Wonder why they didn’t threaten to do that? Seems like it would have been so simple if they meant what they said.
Ooooo… A pile on ! ! —
And for once, I’m not feeling sorry for who’s at the bottom of it ! ! ! —
The expense would run into the tens of millions. Many employees in two earner households might have limited mobility, and defer the transfer. The hiring and training expense for a partially new workforce could be ruinous on its own. There would be leases to bail on, and the attendant penalties. The list of complications and expenses would run for page upon page. Georgia knows this, and can call such a bluff were it issued. However, the mobility of a sports team is a different matter, Players and other personnel move around all the time. The equipment, furnishings and supplies they own would fit in a few trucks. And the city they move to would bend over backwards to make it easy. Hell, they’d pay for it, and the stadium to play in.
A “religious liberty bill” allows those with “sincerely held religious beliefs” to fire those who don’t share them.
So…the first time a Muslim fires a Christian?
Maybe for eating the wrong food, not wearing the right clothes, or reading the Bible.
Should be fun to watch all those heads explode.
And a southern baptist gets to fire a southern methodist. And an atheist gets to fire everybody…
What if I have sincere religious beliefs that you cannot serve both god and mammon, so I can fire anyone who asks me when they’re going to get paid?
AND North Carolina…when you’ve screwed your state (income from tourism, college admittance, etc) you’ve REALLY become a bottom feeder.
All very true. But these corporations could put their money where their mouths are by expanding operations in other, more liberal states. Doing so would deprive Georgia of some tax revenue.
As the old Tears for Fears song said: “Nothing ever changes unless there’s some pain.”
I sincerely hope that The Walking Dead will be filmed in the future in rural New York State. You’d never know the diff…
EDIT TO ADD: I have no doubt that Gov. Cuomo would probably extend them tax breaks for life.