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The Al li an c e Defense Fund, a C h ri st ia n o rg a-n iz adon w i th t h e m i ss io n o f d e fe n d in g " tr a di ti o na lf am i ly v al ue s," i s t a ki ng o n t he ACLU i n i ts b at tl eto m an da te t he G w in ne tt C ou nty School Systemr em o ve L GB T f ilte rs f ro m it s c ompu t e r s ,O n A ug . 1, th e A DF se nt a l et te r v ia em ai l t oGw in n et t S u pe ri nt en d en t A lv in W i Jb a nk s u rg in ghi m a nd t he s ch o ol s ys te m to n o t a l lo w t he ACLUt o " b ul ly " t he s ys te m will} i ts reques t ." Sc h oo ! d is tr ic ts s ho u ld n 't b e b u ll ie d i nt o e x -p o si ng s tu d en ts to s e xu a ll y e x p li ci t mate r i e l s , "sa id A DF S en io r C OU Jl &e lDav id Conm an in as tatement. "This late st sc are tactic - u nd er th efac ad e o f i lle ga l c en so rsh ip - is ju st an oth er ac to f i n tim i da ti on des i gned to f or wa rd m e A CLU 'sr ad ic al s ex u al a g en d a f or chil dren. "T he A CL U o f G eo rg ia se nt W i lb an ks a le t-ter on M ay 2 3 claim ing that filtering LGBTw eb site s, in clu din g th e G eo rg ia S afe Sc ho olsC oalitio n, th e I t G ets B ette r P ro je ct, P FL AG

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s it e s i s e s p e ci al ly p r o bl ema t ic b e c au s em a n y s tu d en ts d o n o t h a v e c om pu te rso r i nt er ne t a cc e ss a t h o r n e a n d can ac -cess th e i n te r ne t o n ly at s ch oo l. W ew i sh t o em p h as iz e t ha t u n b lo c ki ng i n-c l iv i du a l LGBT -r e la te d w eb s lt e s u p o nr eq u es t i s n o t an approp ri a te s o lu t i onto t h i s p r o bl em ," me l e tt e r c o n ti n ue s .

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Our in te re st in th is p ro ce ss is ju st a s v alida s a ny o th er g ro up .G eo rg ia 's L GB T c om m un ity has su ffe re ddue to a lack o f adequate rep resentation . In2 004 , m em be rs o f th e le gislatu re vo te d o ve r-w h elm i ng ly to w r it e d is cr im i na ti on a ga in st u sin to th e s ta te c on stitu tio n. T o m y k no w le dg e,w e a re th e o nly g ro up w h o h as b ee n sin gle d o utf or s uc h h a te f ul a c ti on .A ltho ug h 76 p erc en t o f th e pu blic ag re edwi th t h e l e g is la t io n in 2 00 4, to day a m ajo r-ity o f all A me ric an s b elie ve in th e c onc ep t o fm a r r ia g e eq u al it y .W h ile in 2004 on ly one sta te legally rec-o gn ize d g ay a nd le sb ia n m arr ia ge s, to da y sixsta te s a nd th e D is tr ic t o f C olu mb ia h av e m ar-r ia ge e qu al ity . T e n o th er S la te s h av e s om e f or mo f c iv il u nio n o r d om e stic p an ne rs hip s. A ll o ft ho se r e la ti on sh ip s a re c o ns id e re d u n co n st it u-tio na l h er e in th e S ta te o f G eo rg ia .

W e have no law s that p rotec t us from lo s-in g o w ' j ob s, b ein g fo rc ed o ut o f OUf h om es o ra d dr es s o u r s af et y.A ll o f t his is allo we d to h ap pe n be cause w ed o n ot h av e a de qu at e r ep re se nt at io n i n t he l eg -isla tiv e p r o c es s.If w e m ak e u p 4 p erc en t o f t he ge ne ral p op-u la ti on a n d w e r e r ef le c te d in th e m a ke -u p o f th eG en eral A sse mb ly , w e w ou ld h av e 1 0 o pe nlyg ay o r l es bi an s ta te l eg is la to rs . W e h av e 3 -If t he t ho us an ds o f e le ct ed o ff ic es i n a l l l ev -e ls o f th e s ta te w e re tru ly r ep re se nta ti v e o f o urn um be rs, w e w ou ld h av e h un dre ds o f o pe nlyg ay , le sb ia n o r tra nsg en de r e le cte d o ff ic ia ls.S ta te w id e, I k no w o f o nly 15.I d o b elie ve in the p ro mise of fairne ss an de qu ali ty b ut w it ho ut a de qu at e r ep re se nt at io n, Iw ond er h ow lo ng b efo re I c an enjoy it.Je ff G r aham is executive d ir e ct or o fGeorg ia Equa l it y . He ca n be reached atjeff@georgiaequality.org

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