Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Politics / LGBT The Guardian's fun infographic illustrates how rainbowy Georgia isn't
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart @gwynnstu on Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:05 PM
Yesterday, North Carolina voters decided to amend their state's constitution and ban gay marriage. Today, President Obama finally came out in support of gay marriage. "It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," Obama told ABC's Robin Roberts, further affirming the decision of a many West Virginia democrat to vote for a Texas prison inmate instead of the current president.
It's a country torn, alright. At least regionally, according to this handy, rainbow-colored infographic put together by the Guardian that details what rights have been granted to gays by state.
Should progressive Georgians begin feeling haughty in the wake of the North Carolina gay marriage ban, you can see that Georgia is among the worst — even among Southern states — in terms of gay rights. That pale blue sliver just means that single people can adopt children, not just couples. And, of course, Georgia passed its own gay marriage ban in 2004 (and it passed by an even larger margin than N.C.'s).
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