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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.
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Three Ariz. GOP senators who voted for anti-gay bill now calling for veto
PHOENIX — Three Republican Arizona state senators who voted for a bill that has triggered a national backlash from gay rights advocates are now urging Gov. Jan Brewer to veto the legislation.
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Ariz. business leaders call for veto of anti-gay religious freedom bill
PHOENIX — Arizona’s biggest business advocacy group is calling on Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a bill allowing business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to refuse service to gays.
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‘Oh my’ – George Takei is peeved over Arizona’s anti-gay religious freedom bill
Star Trek legend and LGBT rights activist George Takei is speaking out over Arizona’s controversial legislation that would allow business owners to cite their religious beliefs in refusing to serve gay and lesbian customers and others.
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Kansas tea party group renews push for anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ bill
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita, Kan.-based tea party group has launched an email campaign urging its members to pepper state lawmakers with messages in support of a bill that allows service refusal to same-sex couples on religious grounds.
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GOP U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake of Ariz. says he hopes governor vetoes anti-gay bill
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Saturday that Arizona governor Jan Brewer should veto legislation that would allow business owners to cite their religious beliefs in refusing to serve gay and lesbian customers and others.
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Ariz. secretary of state, treasurer say governor should veto anti-gay bill
PHOENIX — Arizona’s Secretary of State Ken Bennett and Treasurer Doug Ducey, both GOP candidates for governor, say a bill allowing business owners to refuse to serve gays by citing their religious beliefs should be vetoed.
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Protesters rally at Ariz. state capitol to demand governor veto anti-gay bill
PHOENIX — Hundreds of people have gathered at the Arizona Capitol to demand that Gov. Jan Brewer veto legislation that would allow business owners to refuse to serve gays by citing their religious beliefs.
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Ariz. governor asked to veto bill allowing religious discrimination against gays
PHOENIX — Four years after igniting a national uproar over immigration, the Arizona Legislature has jumped into the battle over gay rights with a piece of legislation that had opponents on Friday predicting business boycotts against the state. The legislation (SB 1062) allows business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to refuse service to gays, […]
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Tucson pizzeria reserves right to refuse service to Ariz. lawmakers
TUCSON, Ariz. — A local pizzeria in Tucson, Ariz., has a message for state lawmakers who, on Thursday, approved legislation that allows business owners to assert their religious beliefs by refusing service to gays and others.