Georgia Gov. Deal blasts religious freedom bill, says opposing same-sex ‘marriage’ is unChristian
Georgia's Republican governor has come out strongly against proposed legislation protecting clergy and others from being forced to participate in or condone so-called homosexual "marriages." Citing the Bible and the fact he was a Southern Baptist who's taken religion courses, Nathan Deal said opposition to homosexual "marriage" doesn't square with Christ's teaching and that Republicans advocating for the Georgia religious liberty bill should step back and "recognize that the world is changing around us." (Has he read his Bible?) "What the New Testament teaches us is that Jesus reached out to those who were considered the outcasts, the ones that did not conform to the religious societies' view of the world," Deal said. "We do not have a belief in my way of looking at religion that says we have to discriminate against anybody. If you were to apply those standards to the teaching of Jesus, I don't think th