Arizona bill allows businesses to discriminate against unmarried women, non-Christians

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Arizona bill allows businesses to discriminate against unmarried women, non-Christians
By David Edwards
Monday, January 20, 2014 15:10 EST

Experts are warning that a bill making its way through the Arizona legislature would allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT people, unmarried women or even non-Christians.

Republican state Sen. Steve Yarbrough has said that he introduced Senate Bill 1062 because a “modest clarification” was needed in the state’s religious-freedom law, according to The Arizona Republic.

Among other things, the bill would expand those protected by the religious-freedom law for religious assemblies and institutions to “any individual, association, partnership, corporation, church, religious assembly or institution, estate, trust, foundation or other legal entity.”

The conservative advocacy group Center for Arizona Policy has been pushing the measure as a way to protect photographers and bakers from having to provide services for same-sex weddings, which are not even legal in Arizona.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/20/arizona-bill-allows-businesses-to-discriminate-against-unmarried-women-non-christians/

[orpupilofnature57]

1. No Surprise, Do they observe MLK Day Now ?

Ya , Right .

[ck4829]

2. Wouldn't this be in conflict with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

[elleng]

5. and the Constitution,

if among the list are/might be places of 'public accommodation.'

'Other legal entity?' They lost.

[sakabatou]

7. Among other things

[perdita9]

3. Always looking for a way to treat people like garbage

Do conservatives ever read that Bible they're so fond of thumping?

[Kelvin Mace]

4. Really looking foreward to seeing how long it takes

from the time this is passed for it to be struck down.

[Redfairen]

6. Estate?? Trust??

Sounds like a scam for the rich.

[ChazInAz]

8. Here we go, again.

Time to bitch-slap our legislature once more.
These Bozos seem to be jealous of all the attention Texas gets, and want some of that action.

[Politicalboi]

9. 3 strikes for me

Lesbian, Atheist, and of course woman. And to think about 20 years ago I wanted to live in Az.

[One_Life_To_Give]

10. With all the ways to discriminate without getting caught

why must they have the right to a public proclamation about it. Most business owners can find plenty of ways to avoid certain business/customers. So really why do they even need this? Unless they are afraid to put Phelps quotes on the walls of their establishment?

[Scairp]

11. I hate these people

They are ruining AZ for the rest of us. And it isn't fair the Grand Canyon is part of that state.

[jwirr]

12. Unmarried women - nonChristian? So you can be an unmarried woman if you are a Christian? I am also

assuming that these are women with children? This thing makes no sense at all.

[Scairp]

13. When is the last time this state's legislature did something that makes sense? n/t

[jwirr]

14. That is true.

[davidpdx]

15. It's reactionary due to the case in Oregon

[Herself]

16. Arizona voters are traveling the same river as folks in W. VA

Choose your battle.

See no evil, speak no evil, do not vote democratic and live with the consequences.

[Tx4obama]

17. Kick! n/t