Jan Brewer's Office Helped Craft The Anti-Gay Bill She Later Vetoed
Source: TPM
DYLAN SCOTT MARCH 10, 2014, 2:38 PM EDT
Before it attracted any national attention, advisers to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) offered guidance on the anti-gay legislation that she eventually vetoed at the end of February -- a veto that came down even though the bill's drafters say they made every change that the governor's office requested.
Capitol Media Services reported Monday on the meetings that Brewer's advisers, Michael Hunter and Joe Sciarrota, had with the Center for Arizona Policy, which drafted and pushed the bill. They began in January before the legislative session commenced; the bill was introduced Jan. 14.
CAP president Cathi Herrod told the news agency that her organization made every change Brewer's aides asked for. One of the biggest alterations was a three-pronged test to determine if somebody's exercise of a religious belief was covered by the proposed law.
The intent of the meetings... was to thoroughly vet the language, address their concerns, and make changes in the language pursuant to their concerns, Herrod said. When Brewer vetoed the bill on Feb. 26, she said it was "broadly worded and could result in unintended and negative consequences."
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riversedge
(69,724 posts)louis-t
(23,199 posts)They wanted to see how much support they could get. 'Model legislation' I would call it. When support crashed, suddenly she's against it.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)literally, to get it passed and signed without anyone noticing.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)sakabatou
(42,083 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)How utterly unsurprising. Resluglicans are such hypocrites.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)She and her theocrats are responsible for most of the racist, homophobic and theocratic bullshit that comes out of the AZ Leg
the_sly_pig
(740 posts)Jan, the people that voted for Jan......
jsr
(7,712 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)The governor still collected a paycheck the entire time she was inventing legislation to veto.
Aristus
(66,095 posts)Gracious! Whatever was I thinking?"
Sorry, Governor Hagfinger. We're not buying it...
Scairp
(2,749 posts)And I can't figure out if she's very smart or very dumb. Either way she is a menace to the minority of decent people living in AZ.