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Oklahoma anti-gay religious freedom bill being redrafted amid Arizona firestorm
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to refuse service to gays will be rewritten and likely won’t be considered in its current form this legislative session, the measure’s House author said Tuesday. The bill (HB 2873), which is similar to one that has set off […]
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Ohio ‘religious freedom’ bill on hold over concerns of anti-gay discrimination
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A “religious freedom” bill has been put on hold in the Ohio House of Representatives because of concerns that it’s nearly identical to legislation in Arizona that critics say would allow business owners to shun LGBT customers and anyone else they don’t like.
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Mo. lawmakers introduce ‘right to refuse service’ religious freedom bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — While Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer deliberates the fate of her state’s anti-gay religious freedom bill, legislation was filed on Monday in the Missouri Senate that would allow Missouri business owners to cite religious beliefs as a legal justification for refusing to provide service.
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Reports: Arizona governor likely to veto anti-gay religious freedom bill
Arizona governor Jan Brewer is likely to veto a controversial “religious freedom” bill that would allow business owners with to deny service to gay people, reports NBC News, citing sources close to the governor who are “familiar with her thinking.”
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Super Bowl committee, more than 80 companies call for veto of anti-gay bill
The Super Bowl host committee, the NFL and more than 80 major companies doing business in Arizona have called on Gov. Jan Brewer to veto SB 1062, a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gay people.
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State senator tells Anderson Cooper there’s no discrimination in Arizona
In an interview with Anderson Cooper on Monday, Arizona GOP state Senator and gubernatorial candidate Al Melvin defended Arizona’s SB 1062, the controversial the bill that would allow businesses to discriminate against gays based on religious beliefs.
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Holder to state attorneys general: You don’t have to defend marriage bans
WASHINGTON — State attorneys general are not obligated to defend laws in their states banning same-sex marriage if the laws discriminate in a way forbidden by the Constitution, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told his state counterparts Tuesday.
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SB 1062: ‘One of the saddest days I have ever had as an Arizonan’
On Feb. 20, the Arizona State Legislature passed the discriminatory Senate Bill 1062, which was identical to House Bill 2153 when it was considered in the Arizona House of Representatives. This bill promotes extremism and would create opportunities for discrimination against classes of people who are not protected by federal laws. It was designed to target the LGBTQ community and to undermine the local governments in Arizona that are passing civil rights laws to protect the LGBTQ community…
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Clerk says he was chastised for ‘feminine behavior,’ fired because he’s gay
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa man is suing a convenience store chain he claims fired him because he’s gay, and alleges in court documents that he was chastised by his former boss for “feminine behavior.”
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Pressure mounts over Arizona’s anti-gay religious freedom bill
PHOENIX — Republican Gov. Jan Brewer faced intensifying pressure Monday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gay people.