I doubt this will halt the debate....religious liberties are under assault, and no one in the government seems to give a damn.
And by the way, has Sarah Palin or Ted Cruz said anything on this issue? Doesn't Sarah own property down in Arizona?
When the “discrimination” and “respect” memes made their appearance, I knew she went to the dark side.
She sounds exactly like a liberal. What is wrong, Arizona? Why do you insist on electing Republican scumbags to seemingly every office from governor to senator? Why not just go full New Mexico and vote DemoRat because Brewer is as good as one.
Enjoy your thirty pieces of silver, Jan. I won’t spend a dime in your state so long as I live.
Ted Cruz….the first thing he did right was not get involved in another state’s business. I think it is ridiculous that other people outside Arizona got mixed up in this. This was a state’s right and because of nosey bodies, it turned national. Had it not turned national, she would not have vetoed the bill. I thank Sarah and Ted for doing the right thing. Ted for a change kept another state’s business to himself. States right are not supposed to be easy otherwise the founders never would have fought for them. Jan Brewer made the wrong decision but it was because of busybodies she was caught in a stupid media storm. I blame everyone outside of Arizona for this tragedy.
The problem, Governor, is respect and understanding only go one way these days. The left will continue to go after religious people and cost them big time with lawsuits and closed businesses.
Sorry Jan, you lose.
Just because a case hasn’t come up yet doesn’t preclude the legislature from taking action to shield business from frivolous lawsuits.
How much did the NFL put in that envelope, eh Jan?
Used to think Gov. Brewer had some courage. Wrong.
Another day, another Republican caving in. I hope Governor Brewer understands that the left still hates her. Now, a lot of her supporters do, too.
What ever happened to the “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone” thing????
POPPYCOCK, Gov. Brewer!
You had no problem, whatsoever, with DISCRIMINATING AGAINST CHRISTIANS and the 1st Amendment as it involves religious liberties.
Bottom line, she took the advice of lawyers, not her constituency.
Respectfully,
SoFo
Not one dimes worth of difference cave. FU JB.
Do they have the numbers to override her veto?
Gays will find a Christian business owner to sue so will Brewer, Romney, Mccain the NFL Delta the MLB stand with the Christian business owner sued by gay activists for practicing their religion????
She is a spineless coward that puts the “economy” ahead of “morality.” That is a fool’s way...it doesn’t work. Homosexuals should NOT be a “protected” class against discrimination. She is allowing that to proceed.
If Cruz or Palin were wise they would both berate her for this decision. However, I doubt they will. I wonder if Mike Huckabee will rightly reprimand this wayward governor?
Coward. She just said she fears the economic blackmail of rage flecked diva’s more than she believes in religious freedom.
Trust me the day is coming when a person of faith will be sued because they could not hold a banner high for same sex marriage. I just kind of hope it will be a Muslim.
The problem is, we live in a country in which fear is becoming the primary driving force behind how people and politicians will act. The left, as always, went on an organized attack from the outset, labeling this bill the “right to discriminate against gays” and a new “Jim Crow” era. OTOH, supporters of the bill, as typical, failed to understand the power of emotionally-charged political language.
I doubt deep-down Brewer wanted to veto this (I have no way of knowing, of course), but she feared the intimidation tactics and didn’t want to be known as the “Governor of hate” who lost her state the opportunity to host the Super Bowl. Things like this will continue as long as politicians (and individuals) feel they have no real protection against these thuggish tactics.
The left does not fear us. And as long as we sit around licking our wounds and griping about “lack of moral courage”, they will continue to laugh at us. Until we adopt their tactics- prosecuting political opponents (for legitimate reasons, of course), creating situations that form the bases for lawsuits against financially vulnerable opponents, and selectively stigmatizing companies for “anti-Christian” policies, etc., it will stay that way...