The governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, is in the position to decide whether to pass or veto a new bill that would grant businesses the right to refuse service to same sex couples and others, invoking a wildly distorted version of "freedom of religion".
The senators who got this bill passed by legislature in the first place claim that their "sincere intent in voting for this bill was to create a shield for all citizen's religious liberties". But whatever they say their reasoning was, this bill is getting significant backlash from leaders in Arizona and everywhere else. And after the negative image created by a law passed by Arizona in 2010, which allowed police to basically just stop anyone they thought might be in the country illegally, state officials more than likely want to avoid as much controversy as possible.
Hopefully Jan Brewer will veto this bill. I personally can't believe that it passed legislature in the first place. The fact that so many people are speaking out against it restores my faith in humanity, however.
Original article here.
No comments:
Post a Comment