In the 21st century many conservative Democrats including former U.S Senator and governor Zell Miller decided to support Republicans the state's socially conservative bent results in wide support for such measures as restrictions on abortion in 2004 a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages was approved by 76% of voters However after the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Obergefell v Hodges all Georgia counties came into full compliance recognizing the rights of same-sex couples to marry in the state. Films set in Georgia include two pictures both set in Atlanta that were awarded the Oscar for Best Picture: Gone with the Wind (1939) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Other films set in Georgia include Deliverance (1972) which was based on the novel of the same name by James Dickey Parental Guidance (2012) and Vacation at Six Flags Over Georgia. In February 2007 after more than a year of negotiations Time Warner agreed to a deal to sell the Braves to Liberty Media which owned a large amount of stock in Time Warner pending approval by 75 percent of MLB owners and the Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig the deal included the exchange of the Braves valued in the deal at $450 million a hobbyist magazine publishing company and $980 million cash for 68.5 million shares of Time Warner stock held by Liberty worth approximately $1.48 billion Team President Terry McGuirk anticipated no change in the front office structure personnel or day-to-day operations of the Braves and Liberty did not participate in day-to-day operations on May 16 2007 Major League Baseball's owners approved the sale the Braves are one of only two Major League Baseball teams under majority corporate ownership (and the only NL team with this distinction); the other team is the Toronto Blue Jays (owned by Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications), 84 2215 The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principal rapid transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 train stations MARTA operates almost exclusively in Fulton and DeKalb counties with bus service to two destinations in Cobb county and the Cumberland Transfer Center next to the Cumberland Mall and a single rail station in Clayton County at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport MARTA also operates a separate paratransit service for disabled customers as of 2009 the average total daily ridership for the system (bus and rail) was 482,500 passengers. .
. . ; Macedonia (11) Professional baseball's Ty Cobb was the first player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame He was from Narrows and was nicknamed the "Georgia Peach.". Mexico (97) Historiography Georgia was ranked the No 2 state for infrastructure and global access by Area Development magazine. 6.4 Music For subsidies in Europe see European rail subsidies Bulgaria: BNT 1 Map of Georgia's counties depicting the median income as of 2014. ! Pre-steam Most of Atlanta was burned during the Civil War depleting the city of a large stock of its historic architecture Yet architecturally the city had never been traditionally "southern" because Atlanta originated as a railroad town rather than a patrician southern seaport like Savannah or Charleston Many of the city's landmarks share architectural characteristics with buildings in the Northeast or Midwest, Of the ten Braves whose numbers have been retired all who are eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame have been elected with the exception of Murphy whose eligibility has expired.
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