Hispanic lawyers pull conference from Arizona

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

The Hispanic National Bar Association says it will cancel its 2015 convention in Phoenix over legislation adding protections for people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays.

The lawyers’ association becomes one of the first groups to pull an event from that state.

President Miguel Alexander Pozo says the group’s board of governors voted unanimously not to hold its national convention in Arizona. He says, quote, “It is imperative that we speak up and take immediate action in the presence of injustice.”

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/free/20140226hispanic-lawyers-pull-conference-arizona.html

[jsr]

1. Good.

[marew]

3. Absolutely! n/t

[LittleGirl]

2. That one has actually made the news

We have no idea what shit storm Brewer is dealing with right now and I hope it's massive.
What the hell is taking her so long?
She's milking the media attention I would bet.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. she appears to love and revel in it.

If only she had the brains for the job, as well.

[LittleGirl]

20. Yup! n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

26. For if she did have the brains, she'd be far more

Rational.

[frylock]

28. and she should be penalized for that..

if she wants to run out the clock, and swoop in at the last minute to veto this shit, then the NFL really should reconsider hosting the SB there.

[Hoyt]

5. Even if Brewer vetoes it, the legislators have spoken for their bigoted constituents.

Hope the pay the price for such hatred.

[ChazII]

34. Kyrsten Sinema is the Representative from AZ

for my district. She is the first openly bisexual person elected to the U.S. Congress. Not all constituents are bigots.


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

[dbackjon]

44. Mine too

[Hoyt]

71. It's like where I live, most are or we wouldn't be getting such legislation.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. There is an Hispanic Bar Association?

I did not know that.

[iandhr]

10. I didn't either.

But it doesn't surprise me.

[Baitball Blogger]

38. I'll look into it. I'll be so disappointed if they're chamber of commerce types.

[dixiegrrrrl]

70. HERE: and we should drop them an emai thanking them.

Hispanic National Bar Association
1900 L Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone]

Alba Cruz-Hacker
Chief Operating Officer & Executive Director
E: [e-mail]

http://www.hnba.com/

[Lucky Luciano]

7. More lost jobs for Arizona...and it is the legislature's fault nt

[Helen Borg]

8. Everybody should pull out of AZ!!!

See how they like it.

[blkmusclmachine]

60. Bankrupt the State. Let the only business that wants to be there be Chick Fil A types.

[SpankMe]

9. I agree with the idea, but it's pre-mature.

Anyone contemplating pulling business from AZ should wait until after she signs or vetoes.

[LiberalAndProud]

12. It seems to me that the best time to exert pressure is when we still might change the outcome.

The window of opportunity is now, not after the law takes affect.

[olegramps]

13. I respectfully disagree. The Republians have clearly demostrated their hatered.

Every one of the Republicans voted for this bill. Now that they are under fire three have recanted. I doesn't matter to me if she vetoed the bill. Their intent was clearly an act of hatred. As for McCain he is nothing more than a forked tongued weasel.

[blkmusclmachine]

61. You betcha!

[rhett o rick]

15. No way. Those "contemplating" should let her know so it may affect her vote. nm

[jeff47]

19. Better to push her into vetoing instead of waiting for a repeal.

The time to apply pressure is now. If she vetoes, the pressure goes away. If she doesn't, it continues.

[Politicalboi]

21. Why wait

They already spoke. If you're gay, you have to be crazy to go to Arizona and spend money. The "ONLY" reason this is being looked at is through a budget. If this made money for them, it would be law already. Until people vote for humanity, let them starve.

[dbackjon]

45. This gay man loves Arizona

And is fighting to take back his state from the crazies.

[Hekate]

57. Best of luck to you!

[frylock]

29. well what's the damn holdup?

[JoePhilly]

62. Nope ... do it now ... that will prevent other states from going this route.

The AZ legislature has demonstrated it can't be trusted.

Send a message. Pass laws like this, your state is toast whether the Governor signs them or not.

[KamaAina]

11. They're welcome in California!

[oldandhappy]

14. Yippee!!

San Diego is really nice year round. Come on over and have your meetings here and enjoy the beach and flowers and all that non-desert stuff!!

[former9thward]

17. Not nice in the 'gloom' months.

Pretty dreary. But yeah, most of the year very nice.

[rhett o rick]

16. The NFL should pull the Super Bowl one way or the other. They have

made their bed.

[former9thward]

18. It is a three year process to do a Super Bowl.

They are awarded four years in advance for a reason.

[A Simple Game]

33. You may be right, but if the NFL announced today that it was moving the Arizona super bowl

by tomorrow they would have at least 10 offers, each saying they would be ready in time.

[former9thward]

40. Yes and Sochi said it would be ready also.

And they had years and years to get ready. They were doing things literally at the last minute before the games began.

[A Simple Game]

42. I suspect if you check around the country you would find more than a few football stadiums

with the necessary capacity and enough nearby restaurants and hotel rooms to accommodate the fans.

How cute that you think they would have to build any new structures.

on edit: spelling error

[former9thward]

43. I guess the NFL doesn't know what it is doing when it awards games 4 years in advance.

Maybe you should get a job there. They need you. Now that would be cute.

[rhett o rick]

52. Why the attitude? Do you have an investment you are protecting? nm

[former9thward]

55. Yes, I own the stadium in Glendale where they will play the SB.

God, I've been outed. Now what I am going to do?

[blkmusclmachine]

63. ^^This is how you know our Tent is TOO DAMN BIG^^

[CreekDog]

73. Republicans that's who

look at the posting history. concern from the right on almost any issue.

[rhett o rick]

75. Looks like you responded to the wrong post. nm

[CreekDog]

76. i responded to your question to former9thward

absolutely i intended to respond to you.

[rhett o rick]

77. Ok, I get it. It's late but that's no excuse. Maybe the vodka. nm

Last edited Thu Feb 27, 2014, 12:07 AM - Edit history (1)

[A Simple Game]

68. I heard one year they had four years notice and they still couldn't stop a nip slip!

Better move them out to six years.

It's a football game, even I could make it a super duper extra fancy one if given one years advance notice. The extra notice is to eliminate any conflict with conventions and such. They wouldn't ever be stupid enough to book the talent more than a few months out. Extra room for media would be a slight concern, any large venue stadium could handle it on a very short notice. The main concern would be hotel room availability.

I may be wrong, educate me please.

Oh and I would be cute because I would be able to design my own hat with the correct teams and everything. I heard they know the teams 4 years in advance.

[former9thward]

69. I am not saying it would be a Mission Impossible.

Of course, if necessary, they could move it. But it is my belief they are bluffing with their statement. I actually hope they do move even if the bill is vetoed. That will show everyone they weren't bluffing. We will see if they do that.

[Mr.Bill]

36. The NFL pulled it from them in '93, I believe

because they would not make MLK day a state holiday.

[former9thward]

41. They pulled it in 1991, two years in advance.

Also the 1993 SB is not what a Super Bowl is now.

[ChazII]

56. Correct but back then

it wasalso put to vote of the people. It was not only the legislature that denied a state holiday for MLK. The second time it was put up for a state wide vote it was passed. However, the legislature did screw up but not letting it stay in committee.

November 6, 1990 Arizona voters rejected Proposition 301 which would have established the third Monday in January as Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day, a paid holiday for state employees and would have made Columbus Day an unpaid observance on the second Sunday in October. Arizona voters also rejected by a narrow margin Proposition 302 which would have established the third Monday in January as Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day, a paid holiday for state employees and retained Columbus Day as a paid holiday on the second Monday of October. (Pat Flannery "King Day Narrowly Defeated: Angered Backers Cite Report on CBS" Phoenix Gazette, November 7, 1990, p. A1).

http://www.azlibrary.gov/links/Kingholiday.aspx

[Mr.Bill]

58. Thank you for the details.

My only point was there is precedent for the NFL changing the location of the Superbowl for political reasons. I have no doubt they would do it again.

[rhett o rick]

51. So you are insinuating that it might not be a good plan to move the Super Bowl.

Ok, leave it and hope the fans and players will overlook AZ bigotry.

[former9thward]

54. I don't care if they move the SB or not.

I am not the NFL. But the point is they are bluffing and everyone knows it. And why just the SB? Are you proposing that professional sports games only be played in states that have laws banning sexual orientation discrimination laws? That would be a minority of states.

[blkmusclmachine]

64. Let me guess how you felt about Putin and Sochi...

[former9thward]

66. Who is stopping you from guessing?

Go for it.

[CreekDog]

74. they didn't bluff when they moved it in 1993

nope. they moved it to California, and a just one year before.

you love being wrong, well, you don't like when someone corrects you.

because my correction helps people here realize that it can be moved on short notice.

and you want them to think it's impossible.

nice game but you lose.

[former9thward]

79. Nope you lose as usual.

They pulled in in 1991 not 1992. And if you think the SB is the same now as it was almost 25 years ago you are dreaming. They were bluffing but I wish they weren't. I would love to see them try and move it.

[CreekDog]

72. the 1993 Superbowl was taken from Arizona the year before

why do you like to be wrong so much?

[former9thward]

80. It was moved in 1991.

In 1991, the NFL pulled the 1993 Super Bowl from metropolitan Phoenix.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/04/27/861213/-Not-the-first-time-Arizona-faces-a-national-boycott

Why do you like to be wrong so much?

[Politicalboi]

23. Yup!

The horror of no Superbowl. I would love that to happen.

[frylock]

30. i agree..

and the longer she allows this to drag out, the easier it should be to make a decision to relocate the SB.

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. Let it stand. No veto.

Then when the backlash is so overwhelming, watch these dirtbags scramble to repeal it, meanwhile this gets the message out loud and clear to any other states thinking about doing the same to forget it.

It will hurt for a while, but it will sink the radical conservatives that dream these stupid laws up for good, at least in Arizona.

[riversedge]

24. some more info:

http://www.hnba.com/hnba-pulls-2015-annual-convention-phoenix-response-arizonas-sb-1062/

[efhmc]

25. Great news.

[Divernan]

27. Muy bueno!

[toby jo]

31. This reminds me of the long-term effects of the anti-choice crowd.

It TX it's getting near impossible to have an abortion. In 18 years, there will be a lot more blacks, hispanics, and in general, poor people at their polls. Just waiting for those numbers to sink in for the righties.

I saw a graph once that showed the perfect parallel between crime and the beginning of abortion rights. Exactly 16 years after it was allowed, crime took a deep dive, everywhere.

Once of these days the light bulb will go on in TX. Glad to see the Hispanics leading the way on this one.

[TheCowsCameHome]

32. Call a hotel / resort / vacation spot / chamber of commerce, make reservations,

then call back and tell them loud and clear that you're cancelling because of this 1062 bill.

I saw a hotel owner on the evening news yesterday, and he was sweating bullets. Beautiful. The backlash cometh.

[bpj62]

35. Not going to Veto not going to sign

I think Brewer is going to walk away from this bill and let the courts handle it. She doesn't have the resolve to deal with the wing nuts in her party and she can tell the left that she didn't sign the bill. As for the Super Bowl the NFL can move that game very quickly. You have Miami, New Orleans, Houston among other cities that could quickly gear up for an event that is just under a year away. Money talks and unfortunately the people of Arizona are going to pay for this lunacy but at the same time they voted for these fools and this is what you get. Elections have consequences.

[RoverSuswade]

53. Exactly.

Brewer doesn't have the balls to veto it.

[blkmusclmachine]

67. And when the NFL moves, the Bigot Teabaggers will whine how the gay people ruined their NFL cash cow

[dembotoz]

37. good--make republicans the outcasts that they should be

actually surprised the hispanic bar would go there is in the first place

[Mr.Bill]

39. It surprises me that any Hispanic organization

planned any event in Arizona in the first place, given how their legislature has treated Hispanic people in recent years.

[another_liberal]

50. That's a damn good point!

Well said.

[awoke_in_2003]

46. Good show. nt

[Tikki]

47. If it should or shouldn't become law, I'd like to know which stores to avoid, maybe be required...

to put some kind of identifying logo in the window and advertising.
Or maybe the whole idea is to surprise customers by calling them out in front of others.

Sick, mean, stupid bullies.


Tikki

[SoapBox]

48. Bravo!

[another_liberal]

49. That's gonna leave a mark.

I notice several other Red States are already back-pedaling pretty quickly on their own "It's OK to discriminate against gays on the basis of religious beliefs" laws. Still, the long-term damage to Republicans is not going to go away.

[blkmusclmachine]

59. The lawyers are probably afraid that their Citizenship will be questioned/service denied/humiliation

After all, isn't that THE POINT of this hateful, anti-democratic, and business-UNfriendly legislation?!?!

[Gothmog]

65. Good

I am glad that this group is boycotting Arizona

[Zorra]

78. AZ is damaged. Those damn fool republican bigot legislators are going to cost the state millions,

even though Brewer vetoed.