Does religious freedom really just give license to discriminate? A University of Georgia training program claims it does.
The College Fix obtained the UGA Pride Center “Dawg Ally” training, which instructs that “religious exemption laws” are a “license to discriminate” against “LGBTQ people.” Some questions arose: Which religious liberty laws are in question? Are “Dawg Ally” participants allowed to disagree with this premise?
Digging deeper
When the outlet tried to dig deeper, UGA spokesman James Hataway stated only that the university “offers a variety of voluntary and optional resources, including this program last offered in Fall 2025 through the Division of Student Affairs, designed to promote respectful engagement across our campus community.”
While it’s true the last known training took place in October 2025, the center continues to advertise it as a “three-hour training for all faculty, staff, and students who are interested in learning about gender and sexual identity, homophobia, [and] heterosexism,” according to The Fix.
The state’s flagship university relies on taxpayer dollars, which in turn at least partly support such trainings.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Sarah Holliday and originally published by Decision Magazine.
