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Georgia’s Black faith community, long crucial in mobilizing Black voters, is galled. “Offering water to those who thirst is a basic tenet of Christianity, especially as an evangelical,” said Bishop Carl McRae, senior pastor of Exousia Lighthouse International Christian Ministries, just outside Atlanta. At the heart of the new push to make voting harder in the state are unsubstantiated voter fraud claims by Donald Trump and other Republican officials. “Now we have a solution to a problem that never existed,” said McRae. Black churches such as his are taking a leading r...

Faith leaders announce boycott of Coke, Home Depot, Delta over Georgia voting bill A boycott against three major Georgia companies next week after Georgia passing controversial election reform law. ATLANTA - Three major companies here in Georgia continue to face backlash over Senate Bill 202. Religious leaders said next week they will start boycotting several companies including Coca-Cola. Organizers are upset that the companies didn't publicly speak out against the controversial legislation before it passed. The faith leaders said the boycott against Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and Delta Air Lin...

The chief executives of Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola call the law 'unacceptable,' opening an unusual rift with Republican leaders who championed the legislation

Biden "strongly" backs moving MLB All-Star game out of Atlanta CBSNews © Getty Images World Series - Tampa Bay Rays v Los Angeles Dodgers - Game Two President Biden says he'd "strongly support" moving the Major League Baseball All-Star game out of Atlanta as a rebuke to strict new voting restrictions in the state. The president said on ESPN Wednesday night that the curbs are "just not right." "This is Jim Crow on steroids, what they are doing in Georgia and 40 other states," he said. "What it's all about — imagine passing a law saying you cant provide water or food for  ...

President says it would be the right move in response to harsh new voting curbs in Georgia.