ARIZONA CONFRONTING AWKWARD REALIZATION THAT GAY PEOPLE HAVE MONEY, BUY STUFF

[kpete]

FEBRUARY 25, 2014
POSTED BY ANDY BOROWITZ

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Carol Foyler, a Tea Party Republican who supported the anti-gay law, said that the startling bombshell that gays play a role in the state’s economy put her and her fellow lawmakers “in a tight spot.”

“Quite frankly, we were blindsided by this,” she said. “We had no idea that gays had money and bought things just like regular people do.”

Acknowledging that her vote for the anti-gay law might have been calamitous for the state’s economy, Ms. Foyler placed the blame for it squarely on the shoulders of one group: the gays themselves.

“How was I supposed to know what gay people do with their money, etc., when I don’t personally know any gay people?” she asked. “I’m sorry, but it was up to the gays to tell us.”

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/02/arizona-confronting-awkward-realization-that-gay-people-have-money-buy-stuff.html

[cali]

1. a misfire from Borowitz. that's not what AZ is confronting. they're confronting

something much larger: Americans support LGBT rights.

Yes, I know he's a satirist.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

2. Arrrrrgh! What's with all the freaking caps??? nt

[Lex]

3. I thought the tea-baggers didn't like the Gubmint telling private business what they can do

which seems to be what this law is doing.