Timeline

Summer 1993 Christian Coalition workshop Roswell St. Baptist Church

August 5th Opponents of Resolution gather at Smyrna library to discuss options

August 10, 1993 Cobb Board of Commission Meeting, Resolution adopted 3-1

August 14th Cobb Citizens Coalition sponsors a Rally on the Square

August 21st Queer Family Picnic/Rally on the Square

August 24, 1993 Cobb Board of Commission Meeting: vote to remove funding from the arts 5-0

August 31 Organizational Meeting of Cobb Citizen’s Coalition at Paisano’s Restaurant

November 6, 1993 UUCA Workshop Righting the Wrongs of the Religious Right

January1994 Cobb Citizens Coalition raises funds for "Rescind the Resolution" billboard on I-75

February 9, 1994 Repeal the Resolution effort launched

March 15th 1994 Cobb Citizen’s Coalition releases study of Hate Group Activity in Cobb

March 1994 Cobb Citizens Coalition wins PEN/Newman "First Amendment Award"

May 1994 37 Clergy call for the Resolution to be rescinded

May 1994 200 Clergy gather to support the Resolution

June 1994 Atlanta Gay Pride festival and parade, Cobb Citizens Coalition featured

June 23, 1994 Shannon Byrne, daughter of Chairman Bill Byrne discloses she is a lesbian

August 28th, 1994 Rally for Human Rights Marietta Square

April 19, 1996 ACOG decides the Olympic Torch Relay will bypass Cobb

August 11, 1998 Sam Olens defeats Gordon Wysong for District 3 Commission seat