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Tue Aug 23, 2022, 02:37 PM Aug 2022

Democratic legislators say LGBTQ rights under threat

Rep. Sam Park, D-Lawrenceville, said Kemp and Georgia Republicans present a “clear and present danger” to LGBTQ Georgians.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the constitutional right to an abortion earlier this summer has caused LGBTQ Americans to worry that the court may overturn the right to same-sex marriage, Park said.

Back in 2004, Georgia voters approved a ballot measure that added a ban on same-sex marriage to the Georgia Constitution.

When the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, LGBTQ Georgians gained the right to marry freely.

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