Overreaction to Georgia voting law continues, but will it cover more constitutional rights?

The headlines have become commonplace.

Delta and Coca-Cola, two major companies in the economic history of the state of Georgia, have spoken against the new Georgia voting law that Gov. Brian Kemp signed late last month.

Major League Baseball went from zero to cancel culture and moved its All-Star game to Colorado.

And forget for a second the fact that Major League Baseball moved a $100 million economic event from Atlanta, which is 51% Black, to Denver, which is 81% white.

The backlash now has reached the lucrative film industry in Georgia, as the latest Will Smith motion picture, “Emancipation,” will be moved to Louisiana from the Peach State.

My first thought about the uproar over the new Georgia voting law is whether those who are outraged have read the law or whether they are basing their outrage on the swirling overstatements that have become attached to it.

Because to even reference Jim Crow — whether you’re Joe Biden or Joe the Policeman from the “What’s Going Down” episode of “That’s My Momma” — in this conversation is out of line.

And calling it a “strict” new voter law is hyperbole at best and dishonest in a lot of ways when compared to other states.

The new law is more strict than before in that Georgians are required to have ID, which is mandatory for everything from catching a fish to driving a car and buying a Bud Light. Let’s face it, if you need an ID to buy a pack of smokes, shouldn’t it be common sense to require it to choose the president?

Beyond the past 10 days, though, election integrity has been an issue since we learned what a chad was and that it could hang. Sure, Donald Trump’s frequently false claims about the election being stolen do not aid the timing of this, but at its core, I am at a loss to see how the pursuit of election integrity is a bad thing.

And it’s a “thing” that made Major League Baseball move a nine-figure event before thinking it through and one that could threaten the state’s billion-dollar annual relationship with the entertainment industry.

Personally, I want less business influence in my government, but here we are.

As for the future of filming, the Screen Actors Guild released a statement last week that said in part: “We oppose any effort to suppress the constitutional rights of Americans, including our members.”

Great, so when they get done in Georgia, Hollywood and the guild are going to start swinging that influence to protect our constitutional rights, like the right to own a gun.

Can’t wait to see how the A-listers are going to fight the growing efforts to curtail the Second Amendment.