Arizona Business Community Abandons GOP On Anti-LGBT Bill

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

DYLAN SCOTT – FEBRUARY 25, 2014, 6:00 AM EST

If Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer decides to veto the anti-gay discrimination bill waiting on her desk, she'd have a lot of cover from a reliably Republican constituency to defy her GOP colleagues in the state legislature: the business community.

Every major state business group, along with several major individual businesses, have urged Brewer, a Republican, to veto the "religious freedom" bill. The legislation would require the government to have a compelling reason to stop somebody from exercising their religious belief, which gay rights advocates say would lead to LGBT discrimination. Brewer hasn't officially said what she'll do with the bill -- her options are to sign it, veto it or wait five days and let it become law without her signature. She has noted, that it's very "controversial." Her office didn't comment to TPM.

What doesn't seem to be controversial among prominent Republicans and business interests is what Brewer should do: Veto it. U.S. Sens. Jeff Flake and John McCain (R) want the bill stopped. The presumptive Republican nominee to replace her, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, stated his opposition to it.

Now the business community is coming out in droves.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/arizona-businesses-veto-sb-1062

[Bluenorthwest]

1. The AZ Democratic Chairperson is begging for no boycott, but he does not uderstand what

he is asking and the fact that he asked makes me loathe his centrist, Third Way ass.

[brer cat]

3. I didn't see that.

Thanks for adding it to the thread. I understand his concern for the economy of his state, but a boycott is just what is required if Brewer signs that piece of #% law.

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Well Mr Roe demanding that others risk physical and emotional harm for his dollar

He is dismissive of the situation because he is not a target, all he sees is a loss of profits for Mr Roe. 'But we'd not make money if you boycott, so come risk the baseball bats of my Republican friends'.

[randr]

2. When will the business interests hold their feet to the fire?

My guess is they will come out in begging forgiveness, Brewer will veto the bill, and the Super Bowl folks will act like it never happened.
Just once I would love to see these asshats pay for their indulgence.

[jwirr]

5. The business community does not want to get tangled up in anything that will not be profitable for

them. I am not giving them credit for caring about the rights of mankind. If there was a profit in it they would be square behind this idiot law.

[randr]

6. Arizona needs to lose the Super Bowl no matter the outcome

They should have never been offered it in the first place.

[mountain grammy]

7. Agree!

[dbackjon]

9. And what, send it to a more enlightened place

Like Texas, Louisiana or Florida?

[bkanderson76]

8. "Cha-Ching"....Arizona's Chamber Of Commerce Motto

Another obscene reminder that the voice of society has been heard.
Another obscene reminder that the sound of the multitude of people filling the town square falls on deaf ears.
Go Blow Arizona

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. Brewer has absolutely no moral compass

Everything is measured in politics. If she does the right thing, it will have nothing to do with the right reasons.

[angrychair]

11. Cry Me a River

DO NOT CARE.

As far as I am concerned the die has already been cast. The AZ house and senate passed this bill to send to Brewer by a very large margin. The citizens of AZ elected the majorities in the AZ house and senate that passed the bill that now sits on Brewer's desk. the citizens of AZ have spoken. They have given the rest of the country and the world very clear evidence, literately in black in white, in the written word, how they feel about people of color ("papers please!" law) and the LGBT community (this DoS attack).

Embargo the whole state. Bring the whole state to an economic standstill. No matter the outcome with Brewer. WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE THE HATE AND IGNORANCE OF THE gOP ONE DAY MORE.