Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Veto Anti-Gay Bill

Contents:

• HOW ARIZONA’S NEW ANTI-DISCRIMATN BILL AIMS TO PROTECT GAY RIGHTS AND RELIGN
• ARIZONA LAWMAKERS PASS NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY BILL
• AFTER ARIZONA: 5 OTHER STAT CONSIRG ANTI-GAY LAWS
• BILL THAT AIMS TO PROTECT ARIZONA'S LGBTQ+ MUNY OM DISCRIMATN TRODUCED TO STATE LEGISLATURE BY JONATHAN J. COOPER PUBLISHED FEBARY 7, 2022 UPDATED FEBARY 8, 2022 ARIZONA POLICS ASSOCIATED PRS SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD BILL THAT AIMS TO PROTECT ARIZONA'S LGBTQ+ MUNY OM DISCRIMATN TRODUCED TO STATE LEGISLATURE PHOENIX (AP) - A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF ARIZONA LAWMAKERS THAT CLUS THE REPUBLIN HOE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED ON FEB. 7 THEY WERE TRODUCG LEGISLATN THAT WOULD FOR THE FIRST TIME PROTECT GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE OM DISCRIMATN BY BS, LANDLORDS AND EMPLOYERS. THE PROPOSAL IS BACKED BY MANY BS AND FAH LEARS, BUT OPPOSED BY A POWERFUL SOCIAL NSERVATIVE GROUP. MANY BS EXECUTIV AND TERT GROUPS HAVE SUPPORTED ANTI-DISCRIMATN LEGISLATN FOR YEARS SAYG THE LACK OF PROTECTNS FOR LGBT PEOPLE DIMISH ARIZONA’S STANDG THE NTT BETWEEN STAT FOR MAJOR NFERENC AND BS EXPANSNS. "THE ALN SUPPORTG THIS ARE PEOPLE OM SO MANY WALKS OF LIFE G TOGETHER BASED ON VALU OF FAIRNS, AND EEDOM FOR ALL," REP. AMISH SHAH, A PHOENIX DEMOCRAT AND ONE OF THE BILL’S MA SPONSORS, SAID A CAPOL NEWS NFERENCE ANNOUNCG THE LEGISLATN. THE LEGISLATN WOULD PROHIB DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY WORKPLAC, HOG AND PLAC OF PUBLIC ACMODATN, WHICH VERS MOST BS SELLG GOODS AND SERVIC TO THE PUBLIC. THE MEASURE WOULD EXEMPT RELIG STUTNS SUCH AS CHURCH BUT NOT DIVIDUALS WHO SAY THEIR FAH PREVENTS THEM OM SERVG CERTA CTOMERS, SUCH AS CHRISTIAN BAKERS WHO DON’T WANT MAKE K FOR SAME-SEX WEDDGS. IT ALSO WOULD PROHIB LICENSED HEALTH RE PROFSNALS OM PRACTICG NVERSN THERAPY, WHICH AIMS TO CHANGE SOMEONE’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN. THE EXEMPTNS FOR RELIG ANIZATNS WON OVER SOME THE RELIG MUNY, CLUDG THE EPISPAL CHURCH AND THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS. "THIS BILL MEANS THAT EVERY ARIZONAN N BE VIEWED JT FOR WHO THEY ARE, FOR WHO GOD MA THEM THE IMAGE OF GOD, AND NOT BE DISCRIMATED AGAST," SAID BISHOP JENNIFER REDDALL OF THE EPISPAL DCE OF ARIZONA. CATHI HERROD, THE FLUENTIAL PRINT OF THE SOCIAL NSERVATIVE GROUP CENTER FOR ARIZONA POLICY, LLED THE BILL "VERY DIVISIVE AND VERY NTROVERSIAL." "THIS LEGISLATN WOULD TREAT REASONABLE DISAGREEMENT AS IF WERE DISCRIMATN, DICTATE A ERCIVE SEXUAL ETHIC AND PENALIZE THOSE WHO DISSENT," HERROD SAID. TEN ARIZONA CI HAVE ADD PROTECTNS FOR LGBT PEOPLE TO THEIR ANTI-DISCRIMATN ORDANC: FLAGSTAFF, GLENDALE, MA, PHOENIX, STTSDALE, SEDONA, TEMPE, TOLLON, TUCSON AND WSLOW. EVEN WH THE POWERFUL SUPPORT OF SPEAKER RTY BOWERS, THE MEASURE FAC LONG ODDS THE LEGISLATURE, WHERE SOCIAL NSERVATIV HOLD NSIRABLE SWAY WH REPUBLINS THE HOE AND SENATE. "I DO NOT ANTICIPATE A ROSE STREWN PATH ONT OF ME, BUT WE ARE HERE HONORABLY AND WORKG TOGETHER," BOWERS SAID. BOWERS WOULD NOT M TO HOLDG A VOTE ON THE MEASURE IF ’S NOT SUPPORTED BY A MAJORY OF HOE REPUBLINS. OTHER ARIZONA POLICS STORI BILL WOULD VTIGATE ADLY E OF FORCE CINTSARIZONA LAWMAKERS MOVE TO PARTIALLY RTORE JURY CHALLENGARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK BRNOVICH AND STATE BAR REACH DIVERSN AL OVER ETHICS PLATS TUNE TO FOX 10 PHOENIX FOR THE LATT NEWS FOR THE LATT LOL NEWS, DOWNLOAD THE FOX 10 NEWS APP BREAKING NEWS
• ARIZONA GOVERNOR JAN BREWER VETO ANTI-GAY BILL
• LAWSU TAK AIM AT ARIZONA’S ‘ANTI-GAY’ CURRICULUM LAW
• ARIZONA GOV. JAN BREWER VETO NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY BILL, SB 1062

HOW ARIZONA’S NEW ANTI-DISCRIMATN BILL AIMS TO PROTECT GAY RIGHTS AND RELIGN

The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.

Before "Don't Say Gay, " there was "No Promo Homo. "Arizona lawmakers passed a bill 1991 that banned teachg about HIV and AIDS schools wh materials that promoted "a homosexual liftyle" or suggted gay sex uld be law as wrten was specificly nfed to HIV and AIDS stctn. "Actually chilled the tn environment for s, " she add, "to the pot where teachers thought they uldn't talk about gay people.

"'The environment's been chilled'Arizona's "no promo homo" law me about after a natnwi mpaign om the Centers for Disease Control the late 1980s llg for more tn about HIV and AIDS. But on s way to beg law, was amend to add the parts about homosexualy by nservativ, many of whom opposed any kd of sex tn and who were aghast was beg passed at l pertag to homosexualy stayed place for 28 years spe growg opposn, cludg om Sen.

ARIZONA LAWMAKERS PASS NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY BILL

"GLSEN works wh schools a number of ways: profsnal velopment workshops, GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) clubs, puttg together a team of young lears, and public been harr to rry out that work sce the torrent of bills began? "The term hurt him eply, Konigsberg said, bee of his own history of beg groomed, by an adult who took advantage of him when he was an isolated teenager, tryg to e to grips wh beg gay. '""And, you know, books don't turn kids gay.

Arizona lawmakers announced on Monday that they would troduce legislatn to protect gay and transgenr people om discrimatn at the hands of bs, landlords and employers. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, bs lears, pastors and gay rights advot me together Monday at the Arizona Capol to ph for passage of a new LGBTQ rights bill that would also protect ho of worship and other relig stutns. The group drew spiratn om recent cy-level efforts to protect gay rights Ma, Glendale and Sttsdale.

AFTER ARIZONA: 5 OTHER STAT CONSIRG ANTI-GAY LAWS

Hoe, as well as a Utah law protectg gay, lbian and transgenr rints om discrimatn hog and hirg. Supporters of Utah’s approach to balancg gay rights and relig eedom have long lled on other stat to follow s lead. The ACLU of Arizona is dited to protectg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) people our state.

For example, public high schools may sometim try to prevent stunts om formg Genr and Sexualy Alliance, or Gay Straight Alliance, (GSA) clubs, vlatn of the Equal Accs Act and spe over a dozen feral urt victori for GSAs over the past two s. The law, which had been on the books sce 1991, banned HIV/AIDS stctn that “promot a homosexual liftyle, ” “portrays homosexualy as a posive alternative liftyle” and “suggts that some methods of sex are safe methods of homosexual sex.

But of all the state laws, Arizona's is the only one that bans promotg "a homosexual life-style, " says Universy of Utah law profsor Clifford Rosky.

BILL THAT AIMS TO PROTECT ARIZONA'S LGBTQ+ MUNY OM DISCRIMATN TRODUCED TO STATE LEGISLATURE BY JONATHAN J. COOPER PUBLISHED FEBARY 7, 2022 UPDATED FEBARY 8, 2022 ARIZONA POLICS ASSOCIATED PRS SHARE COPY LK EMAIL FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN REDD BILL THAT AIMS TO PROTECT ARIZONA'S LGBTQ+ MUNY OM DISCRIMATN TRODUCED TO STATE LEGISLATURE PHOENIX (AP) - A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF ARIZONA LAWMAKERS THAT CLUS THE REPUBLIN HOE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED ON FEB. 7 THEY WERE TRODUCG LEGISLATN THAT WOULD FOR THE FIRST TIME PROTECT GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE OM DISCRIMATN BY BS, LANDLORDS AND EMPLOYERS. THE PROPOSAL IS BACKED BY MANY BS AND FAH LEARS, BUT OPPOSED BY A POWERFUL SOCIAL NSERVATIVE GROUP. MANY BS EXECUTIV AND TERT GROUPS HAVE SUPPORTED ANTI-DISCRIMATN LEGISLATN FOR YEARS SAYG THE LACK OF PROTECTNS FOR LGBT PEOPLE DIMISH ARIZONA’S STANDG THE NTT BETWEEN STAT FOR MAJOR NFERENC AND BS EXPANSNS. "THE ALN SUPPORTG THIS ARE PEOPLE OM SO MANY WALKS OF LIFE G TOGETHER BASED ON VALU OF FAIRNS, AND EEDOM FOR ALL," REP. AMISH SHAH, A PHOENIX DEMOCRAT AND ONE OF THE BILL’S MA SPONSORS, SAID A CAPOL NEWS NFERENCE ANNOUNCG THE LEGISLATN. THE LEGISLATN WOULD PROHIB DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY WORKPLAC, HOG AND PLAC OF PUBLIC ACMODATN, WHICH VERS MOST BS SELLG GOODS AND SERVIC TO THE PUBLIC. THE MEASURE WOULD EXEMPT RELIG STUTNS SUCH AS CHURCH BUT NOT DIVIDUALS WHO SAY THEIR FAH PREVENTS THEM OM SERVG CERTA CTOMERS, SUCH AS CHRISTIAN BAKERS WHO DON’T WANT MAKE K FOR SAME-SEX WEDDGS. IT ALSO WOULD PROHIB LICENSED HEALTH RE PROFSNALS OM PRACTICG NVERSN THERAPY, WHICH AIMS TO CHANGE SOMEONE’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN. THE EXEMPTNS FOR RELIG ANIZATNS WON OVER SOME THE RELIG MUNY, CLUDG THE EPISPAL CHURCH AND THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS. "THIS BILL MEANS THAT EVERY ARIZONAN N BE VIEWED JT FOR WHO THEY ARE, FOR WHO GOD MA THEM THE IMAGE OF GOD, AND NOT BE DISCRIMATED AGAST," SAID BISHOP JENNIFER REDDALL OF THE EPISPAL DCE OF ARIZONA. CATHI HERROD, THE FLUENTIAL PRINT OF THE SOCIAL NSERVATIVE GROUP CENTER FOR ARIZONA POLICY, LLED THE BILL "VERY DIVISIVE AND VERY NTROVERSIAL." "THIS LEGISLATN WOULD TREAT REASONABLE DISAGREEMENT AS IF WERE DISCRIMATN, DICTATE A ERCIVE SEXUAL ETHIC AND PENALIZE THOSE WHO DISSENT," HERROD SAID. TEN ARIZONA CI HAVE ADD PROTECTNS FOR LGBT PEOPLE TO THEIR ANTI-DISCRIMATN ORDANC: FLAGSTAFF, GLENDALE, MA, PHOENIX, STTSDALE, SEDONA, TEMPE, TOLLON, TUCSON AND WSLOW. EVEN WH THE POWERFUL SUPPORT OF SPEAKER RTY BOWERS, THE MEASURE FAC LONG ODDS THE LEGISLATURE, WHERE SOCIAL NSERVATIV HOLD NSIRABLE SWAY WH REPUBLINS THE HOE AND SENATE. "I DO NOT ANTICIPATE A ROSE STREWN PATH ONT OF ME, BUT WE ARE HERE HONORABLY AND WORKG TOGETHER," BOWERS SAID. BOWERS WOULD NOT M TO HOLDG A VOTE ON THE MEASURE IF ’S NOT SUPPORTED BY A MAJORY OF HOE REPUBLINS. OTHER ARIZONA POLICS STORI BILL WOULD VTIGATE ADLY E OF FORCE CINTSARIZONA LAWMAKERS MOVE TO PARTIALLY RTORE JURY CHALLENGARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK BRNOVICH AND STATE BAR REACH DIVERSN AL OVER ETHICS PLATS TUNE TO FOX 10 PHOENIX FOR THE LATT NEWS FOR THE LATT LOL NEWS, DOWNLOAD THE FOX 10 NEWS APP BREAKING NEWS

"This is not about gay sex, " Rosky explas.

ARIZONA GOVERNOR JAN BREWER VETO ANTI-GAY BILL

"This is lerally about whether 's OK to be gay and to talk about people who are gay. It bans teachers those urs om portrayg "homosexualy as a posive alternative life-style" or suggtg there are safe ways to have homosexual sex. "Rather than opposg , they began to say, 'Well, if we're gog to teach teenagers about HIV, then we have to make sure that we're not teachg them how to be gay or how to have gay sex or thgs like that, ' " Rosky says.

Tempe high school sophomore Devynn Thurston intifi as transgenr and queer. " Thurston says he feels fortable at school, where he's the print of the Gay-Straight Alliance club. The anizatn also found that LGBTQ stunts stat wh such laws are ls likely to have tors who support them and more likely to hear homophobic remarks.

LAWSU TAK AIM AT ARIZONA’S ‘ANTI-GAY’ CURRICULUM LAW

Kelly Muchmore, a Tempe high school Spanish teacher and Gay-Straight Alliance club sponsor, says, "I feel like this law or laws like prohib schools and districts om prentg rmatn that unbiased way. Jab Harvey teach high school social studi Tempe, and is gay. His bill would strike the law's current rtrictns around discsg homosexual relatnships.

ARIZONA GOV. JAN BREWER VETO NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY BILL, SB 1062

John Kavanagh, also a Republin, said, "I don't thk my tax dollars or any tax dollars should be payg to promote the homosexual liftyle.

" Cathi Herrod, print of the Center for Arizona Policy, a nservative advocy group, also oppos droppg the language related to homosexualy. On 22 May 2018, the Court of Appeals rejected claims by Renee Lonr, who worked for the state, that she should be entled to ath benefs followg the ath of her live- partner Christopher Kutcher, lg that heterosexual upl who have always had the right to marry Arizona are not entled to the same benefs that the state provid to gay upl who were not at the time entled to wed [C1.

The Bill repeals a ntroversial 28-year-old law prohibg HIV and AIDS stctn that ”promot a homosexual liftyle” [R1.