Georgia Legislature Braces For New Gay Rights Battles

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Another January, another dreaded legislative session for Georgia's beleaguered gay lobby.

Fresh off a failed try to tank the state's new constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, gay rights advocates are bracing for proposals that could limit their ability to adopt children and discourage students from joining gay-friendly clubs.

Yet activists say there's a glimmer of hope for their cause this session: Enough Georgia lawmakers may find the legislation so egregious that they will vote it down.

The constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, which Georgia voters overwhelmingly approved in 2004, divided some in the homosexual community. Some argued that civil unions should be debated by lawmakers before the issue of marriage was broached.