{"id":20506,"date":"2014-02-25T11:12:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=20506"},"modified":"2014-12-27T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T17:35:06","slug":"will-arizona-let-the-money-do-the-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2014\/02\/will-arizona-let-the-money-do-the-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Arizona Let the Money Do the Talking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The money men have lined up in what appears to be a concerted effort to make sure that gay couples can force every baker in the state of Arizona to provide them with wedding cakes.<\/p>\n

This burning wedding cake issue, which has been likened to the Jim Crow segregation and lynchings that once plagued African Americans, has brought corporate interests from coast to coast into the argument. They are speaking with one voice, and that voice is demanding a veto of the religious freedom bill recently passed by the Arizona legislature.<\/p>\n

Two Republican senators who voted for the bill have seen the dollar sign and are now asking Governor Brewer to veto the bill.<\/p>\n

I have not read this legislation. I\u2019ve been busy with legislation on which I am going to actually have to vote. But I can tell you from experience that the various chambers of commerce and money people tend to talk to Republican legislators who step out of line like they were dogs who fetched when they should have sicced. I don\u2019t doubt for a minute that this is what changed the senators\u2019 hearts and minds on this issue.<\/p>\n

Even Newt Gingrich has chimed in, calling for the governor to veto the bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The power of money on the legislative process can be breathtaking.<\/p>\n

Governor Brewer has until Friday to make a decision.<\/p>\n

From Bloomberg Business Week<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Companies from\u00a0Apple Inc.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(AAPL:US<\/a>)<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0American Airlines Group Inc.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(AAL:US<\/a>)<\/span>called on Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to veto a bill allowing businesses to refuse service on religious grounds, a measure that opponents say is meant to allow discrimination against gays.<\/p>\n

The measure passed last week prompted tourists to cancel reservations and companies to say they would locate elsewhere if it became law. The bill threatens to reverse an economic recovery in a state among those hardest hit by the housing crash, opponents said, and to cement a reputation fostered by a 2010 anti-immigration law and a fight in the 1990s over celebrating the Martin Luther King holiday.<\/p>\n

After residents and businesses protested the bill over the weekend, three Republican senators who voted for the measure changed their minds and asked Brewer to veto it. NBC News reported today that three people close to the governor said she is likely to do that. Brewer wasn\u2019t immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is genuine concern throughout the business community that this bill, if signed into law, would jeopardize all that has been accomplished so far,\u201d Doug Parker, chief executive officer of Fort Worth, Texas-based American, wrote in a letter to Brewer yesterday. He said that it has the potential to reduce the desire of companies to relocate in the state and to repel convention business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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