Three Ariz. GOP senators who voted for anti-gay bill now calling for veto

[DonViejo]

Source: LGBTQ Nation



SB 1062 would have failed in state Senate

Monday, February 24, 2014

PHOENIX — Three Republican Arizona state senators who voted for a bill that has triggered a national backlash from gay rights advocates are now urging Gov. Jan Brewer to veto the legislation.

Sen. Bob Worsley says he and Sens. Adam Driggs and Steve Pierce sent a letter to Brewer Monday asking her to strike down the legislation allowing business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to refuse service to gays.

Worsley says he was uncomfortable when he voted for the bill. Both he and Pierce called their votes a mistake.

The legislation passed last week. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry is requesting a veto because of fears it will hurt tourism.

Read more: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/02/three-ariz-gop-senators-who-voted-for-anti-gay-bill-now-calling-for-veto/

[jpak]

1. Buyers Remorse

Too fucking bad.

yup

[calimary]

7. Amen.

Fuck 'em. I'm with George Takei.

[another_liberal]

2. When the LGBT community and supporters stand united . . .

They can throw some fucking weight around!

[Wait Wut]

5. I was actually shocked...

...at how many in this state called for a veto. Just when you think you live in hell...

Some of the best comments came from Christians that said they don't need to support the 'lifestyle', but they do support equality. Baby steps.

[calimary]

8. True enough, but I don't want to hear about their Christianity.

This is a SECULAR nation and we ought to be reinforcing that like nobody's business! So says this lifelong Catholic. Jesus never said - "render unto Caesar AND God both the same." He said "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and to God that which is God's." HE certainly knew there was a striking difference between the two, and that they were entirely separate things.

[Laelth]

10. +1. n/t

-Laelth

[another_liberal]

9. When good people aren't afraid to speak their minds . . .

Some really amazing things can happen.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

3. TeaPublican heads exploding...

[rtracey]

4. They know it is a doom

These senators know their careers are on the line.....

[calimary]

6. Bullshit. Why the hell did they vote for it to begin with?

"I was uncomfortable when I voted for it" don't feed the bulldog.

You vote it down THE FIRST TIME, schmucks!

[kairos12]

11. What a bunch of Threebaggers

[Zorra]

12. All of them really need to apologize to the LGBT community, and to the American people as a whole.

HATE and BIGOTRY was the motivation behind every single vote for this bill, they can lie about their reasons and motivations all they want, but the intent of the bill was clearly to codify hatred so that RW conservative christians could physically manifest their hatred for other human beings in order to degrade and diminish them.

No decent person would ever vote to do something as ugly and nasty as this.

It's for sure that they were all feeling so good and holy and righteous and superior when they made it clear to LGBT what they really thought and felt about us with that vote.

There is no excuse or justification for what these legislators did.

They wanted to deliberately hurt us, because they hate us.

Let's hope this lesson makes it clear to all of them how really wrong and shameful hate and bigotry are, and helps teach them how to be better, more loving people because of it.

"Maybe...it's not too late, to learn how to love, and forget how to hate."

[sheshe2]

14. Well said, Zorra. Thank you. nt

[Diamonique]

16. Bravo Zorra!

Very well said!

[WovenGems]

13. Dearly love it

Vote to appease the base then beg the Governor to veto. Filed under "Have Your Cake And Eat It Too".

[oldandhappy]

15. irresponsible so and sos

[Mz Pip]

17. Too late

The damage is already done. The rest of the country now knows AZ is run by authoritarian zealots. No matter what Brewer does the damage is done.

[blkmusclmachine]

18. These idiot Representatives want it both ways. You own this bill, a$$holes!

[weissmam]

19. If she approves the bill that vote will come back to haunt them big time and they know it!

I am waiting for the first time a business refuses service to a LBG combat veteran or a a Dr. refuses to treat a wounded LBG combat vet and see what happens to public opinion

[Earth_First]

20. There isn't one iota of remorse among these scoundrels.

Economic boycotts work.

Often times they take time to organize, implement and see results.

The implications that SB1062 had enabled quick and swift action by tens of thousands nationwide.

The hands that hold the cash in hand and pull the re-election campaign curtains spoke, and their puppets obeyed.

"The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry is requesting a veto because of fears it will hurt tourism."

Bingo.

This isn't the end of bigotry, xenophobia and hatred in Arizona unfortunately.

However the Senators' actions is not out of newfound sympathy for the individuals their legislation hurts the most.

They were protecting their own bottom line, not anyone else's.

[muntrv]

21. AZ voters need to turnout big in November to vote out these jerks.

[olddad56]

22. mayeb they should take a national poll rather than a state poll before they vote.

I think these dogs don't know which tail is wagging them.

[hatrack]

23. They were lazy and stupid & didn't care, until the buck-buck chickens began to roost

Then they admitted being "uncomfortable" and "having second thoughts".

IOW,

[Doctor_J]

24. Cowards, hypocrites

I despise every single Republican in this country, with every molecule in my body