Saturday, March 1, 2014
Arizona governor vetoes bill allowing businesses to refuse service
[JURIST] Arizona Governor Jan Brewer [official website] on Wednesday vetoed [veto letter, PDF] controversial Bill 1062 [materials], which would have permitted state business owners to refuse service to individuals for "religious reasons," and which has largely been denounced by critics as sanctioning discrimination against LGBT individuals. The bill was jointly written by the conservative Center for Arizona Policy and the Alliance Defending Freedom [advocacy websites], a Christian legal organization, and was approved [JURIST report] by Arizona state lawmakers last week....
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