[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/georgia-faith-leaders-mayors-and-more-sign-briefs-in-support-of-marriage-to-u-s-supreme-court\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/georgia-faith-leaders-mayors-and-more-sign-briefs-in-support-of-marriage-to-u-s-supreme-court\/","headline":"Georgia Faith Leaders, Mayors and More Sign Briefs in Support of Marriage to U.S. Supreme Court","name":"Georgia Faith Leaders, Mayors and More Sign Briefs in Support of Marriage to U.S. Supreme Court","description":"Today, Georgia businesses, faith leaders, mayors, police chiefs, sheriffs and others were included as signatories in friend-of-the court briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court...","datePublished":"2015-03-06","dateModified":"2015-03-06","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/eweditors\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/eweditors\/","identifier":3,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kasim-reed.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kasim-reed.jpg","height":400,"width":750},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/georgia-faith-leaders-mayors-and-more-sign-briefs-in-support-of-marriage-to-u-s-supreme-court\/","about":["Marriage Equality News","News"],"wordCount":380,"keywords":["Freedom to Marry","Georgia","Jeff Graham","news","politics","same-sex couples","Supreme Court"],"articleBody":"Today, Georgia businesses, faith leaders, mayors, police chiefs, sheriffs and others were included as signatories in friend-of-the court briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the freedom to marry. Georgia Equality and Freedom to Marry played lead roles in enlisting signers from Georgia.\u201cWe are thrilled but not surprised at the prominent names representing Georgia today in friend-of-the-court briefs in support of marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court,\u201d said Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality (pictured left, photo by Matt Hennie of Project Q). \u201cSupport for the freedom to marry in Georgia now outweighs opposition, and Georgia leaders know that their constituents value fairness and equality. We hope the Supreme Court does the right thing and brings marriage for same-sex couples to Georgia, as well as the rest of the country, as soon as possible.Most notably, 65 signers on a friend-of-the-court brief filed by faith leaders come from Georgia. Significant names include Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson, pastor and president of Georgia\u2019s NAACP; Rev Dr. CT Vivian, civil rights leader and founder of the CT Vivian Leadership Institute; Bishop Keith Whitmore of Atlanta; David Key, Director of Baptist Studies at Emory University\u2019s Candler School; and David Gushee, Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University.\u201cThe stunning breadth and depth of the friend-of-the-court briefs submitted today, with signers from many of America\u2019s leading businesses, clergy, mayors, and others, attest to the sweeping cross-section of the American majority in favor of the freedom to marry for same-sex couples,\u201d said\u00a0Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry. \u201cThe sheer numbers, diversity, and eminence of the various signers show that the freedom to marry is a truly American value, not confined by political affiliation or geography. America is ready for the Supreme Court to affirm the freedom to marry nationwide, leaving no state and no family behind.\u201dMajor Georgia-based business signers include the Coca Cola Company and Delta Airlines. In addition, Mayor Kasim Reed of Atlanta (above); Mayor Jannquell Peters of East Point; Mayor James Thomas Jr. of Hinesville; and Mayor Edward Terry of Clarkson all signed onto a mayors\u2019 brief in support of marriage.The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in marriage cases on\u00a0April 28.The briefs can be found here:\u00a0freedomtomarry.org\/supremecourtbriefs"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Georgia Faith Leaders, Mayors and More Sign Briefs in Support of Marriage to U.S. Supreme Court","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/georgia-faith-leaders-mayors-and-more-sign-briefs-in-support-of-marriage-to-u-s-supreme-court\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]