Georgia watches Indiana and Arkansas, then lets discrimination bill die quietly

While Indiana and Arkansas have been in the headlines as they've passed discriminatory "religious freedom" bills and then had to walk them partway back, the Georgia legislature let a similar bill die quietly this week-or at least go into a prolonged coma, since it could come back in the next legislative session. But if it does, Republican Gov. Nathan Deal is suggesting that it doesn't have to create the controversy of Indiana and Arkansas: "As close as a state can stay to the original federal language, the safer you are," said Deal, who voted for the federal legislation while a member of Congress in the 1990s.

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