over ride the veto?

But I doubt they will.
Just too many groups against this bill.

This bill would have opened a floodgate to those who want to discriminate for "religious" reasons, not serving blacks, Hispanics, ugly people, etc.

to do it though. Especially if they had a high vote count for it.

It passed 17-13. And three of the yes votes later asked Brewer to veto.

rather than being bad because it treats certain humans as less equal.

Money is their TRUE God!!

There are 20 more Republican-dominated States pushing this TRASH in their legislatures right now!!!

I KNOW NC cannot be far behind trying to come up with something like this. With McCrory as governor and all his Teabagger buddies in the NC legislature, it will be a shoo in.

then yes. But she did it for money.

I agree, she did it for money, but not her money. Arizona was going to lose some business over this. That should be of concern to her, regardless of party affiliation or any other factor that had us our breath until she actually signed her veto message.

I don't even care why she did it. It's the right thing to do, and I'm thankful she did it.

positive!

Besides, AZ's teapublican whackos are so out there they might try to unseat her for this. I don't remember is she term limited? If she is running again, she can expect a challenger...

who would have guessed. I think the NFL saying they'd look at other venues for the Superbowl if they did this hurt, big.

I actually think that there were quite a few Arizonians who were appalled at this potentially being signed into law. At least the few who I know who live there were.

Could be wrong..I was wrong once before.. back in,...1972, I believe it was.

So sorry, wrong again. Aren't you ever right?

The older I get the more times I think I remember I was right..in the past tense..
or something like that.

support the bill.

but for many here in Arizona it is a loss. We lose because folks still want to punish us for the way a small group of people tried to pass this bill and ignoring those who fought against this bill. We lose because people still said they would not step foot in Arizona if SB1062 passed are still refusing to step foot in AZ. Damned either way.

Yes, I am happy and gave a loud shout over her veto. On the other hand I am pissed at those folks who still feel AZ needs to be punished. (Beating a dead horse.)

it was a solid majority of your legislature. The only way we have to deter this behavior is to punish the perpetrators.

I guess you're okay with punishing those who fought back, sent letters, phoned and held rallies in front of the capitol building.

Usually it only ends up punishing those that opposed it

She didn't do because it's wrong, she did it because the state legislators has gone too far and will alienate too many, costing AZ money. Plus the NFL was making noises about the possibility of moving the Super Bowl to another state next year.

get a clue, for christ sake.

brewer should be commended .

DOMA was a compromise against many in Congress who wanted an amendment to the Constitution. This is not the 90s, it's a different world now. Back then only a minority of people approved of gay marriage. As for DADT, one of Clinton's first acts in office was his attempt to lift the ban of gays in the military. It failed miserably and cost the Democrats its majority in Congress in 1994.

the pieces of their shattered dreams of a country where their hate is legally sanctioned.

Hey, I have an idea!!! We can all pitch in and donate to help move all the US christo-fascists to Uganda, where they will fit right in, and bring the oppressed Ugandan LGBT's back to the US on the return flight.

A win-win for everyone!

It's full of them, you know dark people. Also it's not nearly hot enough.

Wolf

It shows that 85% of the people in the state believed it to be a flawed, discriminatory law. And that people and corporations will not tolerate it.

BUT,
in the end, her veto gives the cretins who voted for this cred in the eyes of their tea bag constituents. Just like the far right Congresspeople who voted 44 times to overturn the ACA, knowing it wasn't going anywhere, they can go back to their rabid base and say, "I tried, but she vetoed it."

the religious nutcases' heads explode. What fun!

it is indeed fun to watch

To include sexual orientation/identity as a protected class. That's the only way to put an end to this hateful nonsense.

Of course that means it will need to pass the House, the Senate and be signed by whoever is President. There's a lot of work to do to make that happen.

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goes away when it starts to interfere with $$$$.

Find out who they are and distribute names and clear photos to all restaurants and other establishments they were hell-bent on giving discrimination rights to, so they can be easily identified and refused service. They should be wearing scarlet AGs for Anti-Gay.

state legislators have gone.

who requested the bill this is not what America should be doing. If Cathi Herrod is religious she is not following the teachings of Jesus of love thy neighbor. BTW, does this group think God made mistakes when one is gay? Nope, don't think so.

running for President must have proof of U.S. citizenship.

It's also disappointing you disagree with her April 2011 veto of a bill which allowed guns on college campuses.

I really hadn't put you in the Birther or Campus Gun camps. Oh well....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Brewer

I didn't know that I was supposed to know all of Brewer's legislative history. I live in NJ, I don't particularly give a crap about what goes on in AZ.

As if there were others with which you disagreed. Didn't know you were one for one.

Every time I have seen this woman on TV she's either talking about illegal immigrants or wagging a finger at Obama. If you like her, that's your prerogative, but she's no friend to Democrats.

sacrifice values for the sake of shallow, transient partisanship.

I will applaud a (D), (R), (I) or other who does good and will take to task those who do not.

Wouldn't you?

Now, if only Joe Arpaio would just wither up and blow off into the desert.

...Primary Her...and any Republican State legislator that doesn't call for her impeachment.







I wrote that in jest....

...but suddenly I feel evil.

MLK Day was voted down by the public and , I think, the legislature until the NFL Players Assoc. said - no MLK no Super Bowl. It was passed in the next election.

and the public did vote it down. You are correct on your AZ history.

Former Arizona governor Governor Bruce Babbitt, a Democrat, created the holiday in Arizona by executive order just before he left office in 1986, but his Republican successor Evan Mecham, armed with an attorney general's opinion that Babbitt's order was illegal, rescinded it days after he took office.[11] Mecham subsequently issued his own executive order, setting aside the third Sunday in January as an unpaid holiday to honor King, but it never was recognized by supporters of a paid holiday.

Sen. John McCain (Republican of Arizona) voted against the creation of the holiday to honor King, and later defended Arizona Republican Governor Evan Mecham's rescission of the state holiday in honor of King created by his Democratic predecessor. After his opposition grew increasingly untenable, McCain reversed his position, and encouraged his home state of Arizona to recognize the holiday despite opposition from Mecham.[12] During the 2008 presidential campaign, McCain was criticized for his initial opposition to the measure.

In 1989, the Arizona state legislature replaced Columbus Day with the King holiday.[13] In 1990, Arizonans were given the opportunity to vote to observe an MLK holiday. In 1990 the National Football League threatened to move the Super Bowl that was planned to be in Arizona in 1993 if the MLK holiday was voted down.[13] McCain successfully appealed to former President Ronald Reagan to support the holiday.[14] The state legislature passed a measure to keep both Columbus Day and Martin Luther King Day, but it was too late as 76% of voters rejected the King holiday. Consequently, the state “lost $500 million and the Super Bowl” which moved to Pasadena, California.[13]
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day

Bob Corbin was the Atty. General for Arizona at that time.

The primaries had been held and businessman Bill Schultz (Ind), former Supt. of Public Instruction, Carolyn Warner, (Dem.) and Evan Mecham, car dealer, (Rep.) were called to a meeting with Bob Corbin. At that time he told these three candidates that Babbitt did create an illegal holiday. He told them that, and here is the fact that is always left out, that which ever candidate was elected governor would have to rescind the holiday.

Evan Mecham was not smart and shot himself in the foot more often than not. However, to put the blame completely on him for rescinding MLK Day is unfair. Put the blame on the legislature which failed to pass the holiday to begin with and then on the general public who voted it down. AZ I believe is the only state to vote on the issue. The legislatures in the other states approved of the holiday.

Public Enemy. "I urinated on a state when I was singing this song."

but it's aimed at any and every LGBT person in the state.
I started calling Arizona the "hate state" but maybe I can put that
somewhat to rest now that this bill has be vetoed.

Maybe some of those businesses still want our business after all.