The Georgia Senate combined and passed the relatively innocuous “Pastor Protection Act” with a “First Amendment Defense Act” that puts state protection on bigots being bigots. The bill, HB 757, is pending in the GA House.
Many major corporations and organizations (Home Depot, Coca-Cola, Delta, Hilton, etc.) have issued statements against this legislation, but one is notably silent: the NCAA.
The NCAA recently awarded their College Football Championship to Atlanta for January 2018. The NCAA’s nondiscrimination policy and threats of sanctions against the state of Indiana helped win the fight against Indiana’s RFRA last year. A similar threat to revoke the CFB championship would likely drive the GA legislature into a tizzy to kill this bill.
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Why has NCAA not spoken out against pending Georgia RFRA-with CFB 2018 championship in ATL