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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2014, 04:41 PM Jun 2014

Lobbyist For Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Revels In Hobby Lobby Ruling

DYLAN SCOTT – JUNE 30, 2014, 2:57 PM EDT

The president of the conservative group that pushed Arizona's anti-gay "religious freedom" bill earlier this year took Hobby Lobby's victory Monday at the Supreme Court as a vindication of sorts for that since-vetoed legislation.

"This decision underscores the purpose of Arizona’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act – to balance a compelling governmental interest with every American’s freedom to live and work according to their faith," Cathi Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, said in a statement. "The Court’s ruling exemplifies how the CAP-supported SB 1062 would have protected individual liberty, while protecting against unlawful abuse of religious freedom."

"Like the proposed SB 1062 would have affirmed," Herrod continued, "the Supreme Court said today that no one should be forced to surrender their First Amendment religious freedom protections merely because they start a business."

Herrod's group was the major force behind the legislation, even reportedly meeting with aides to Gov. Jan Brewer (R) to help refine the bill's language. Brewer vetoed the bill in February after widespread outcry that it would enable businesses to discriminate against LGBT people.

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Lobbyist For Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Revels In Hobby Lobby Ruling (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP

This, has opened the door to a flood of crap. For example, Kansas wanted to deny medical RKP5637 Jun 2014 #1

John Roberts is today's Roger Taney. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #2

Definitely! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #3

That's unfair to Taney. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #5

Misogyny and homophobia walk hand in hand theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #4

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)

1. This, has opened the door to a flood of crap. For example, Kansas wanted to deny medical

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 04:50 PM

Jun 2014

assistance in any setting to LGBT if that conflicted with the practitioner's or any worker's religious beliefs. All of the shit that was settled is now going to come back. Often I think SCOTUS is a foe of the US.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

2. John Roberts is today's Roger Taney.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 04:51 PM

Jun 2014

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)

3. Definitely! n/t

Reply to Dawson Leery (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 04:57 PM

Jun 2014

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)

5. That's unfair to Taney.

Reply to Dawson Leery (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 05:23 PM

Jun 2014

Taney was a conservative, and like all conservatives totally wrong on social issues, but he merely followed accepted law.

Roberts is a right wing radical who is creating law. Roberts and his henchman are making up rights for corporations that go far beyond what was ever intended. Before corporations had "personhood" for the purpose of contract law. Now, according to the CLOWN COURT, they have all the rights of any person plus extra rights no real person possesses.

Roberts is a corporatist who won't settle until he has guaranteed that the US is a corporatocracy.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)

4. Misogyny and homophobia walk hand in hand

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 04:59 PM

Jun 2014

Now bigots will only double down on their efforts to discriminate.

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