Flight Attendants Union: Thumbs Down on Religious Freedom Bill

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) is the latest organization to come out against HB 757, the controversial religious freedom bill.

The union's board of directors meeting is scheduled to be held in Atlanta at the end of May.

"The AFA Executive Board is looking for alternate locations for our upcoming Board meeting should this bill become law," said AFA International President Sara Nelson. "We urge Gov. Deal to veto HB 757 and send a definitive message that Georgia is not, and will not, become a state that provides a legitimized pathway for hatred and discrimination."

AFA says it was one of the first unions to include protections for LGBTQ members into our constitution and bylaws, and we remain opposed to any form of workplace discrimination.

"We promote the fundamental principle of equality, upon which our country was founded, because it makes all of us better. We will relentlessly battle the hate spewing from this bill in Georgia or wherever it may exist until our workplaces and communities are free of hate," Nelson concluded.

All of Atlanta's major sports franchises have issued statements expressing their opposition to the bill. Other political leaders in the thick of economic development negotiations and CEOs and business leaders looking at Georgia for expansion have warned about the bill's potential consequences.

AMC, which airs and produces the primarily Georgia-lensed "The Walking Dead," has joined an entertainment-industry chorus calling for Deal to veto the bill that passed the Georgia legislature.

"As a company, AMC Networks believes that discrimination of any kind is reprehensible," the network said. "We applaud Governor Deal's leadership in resisting a previous version of this divisive legislation and urge him to reject the current version as well."

Disney and its Marvel Studios also say they would stop filming movies in Georgia if Deal signs the bill.

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