Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Wednesday Feb 26,2014 that she had vetoed a bill that would have allowed businesses to refuse service to gays and others based on religious beliefs.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said the bill was unnecessary legislation that threatened the state's recovering economy by driving away high-profile events such as next year's Super Bowl and corporations looking to relocate to Arizona.
"Religious liberty is a core American and Arizona value — so is non-discrimination," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said
Senate bill 1062 generated
national attention after it was passed by the Republican controlled
legislature. However, its momentum quickly stalled after it was
criticized by a number of local business leader and the state’s two
Republican U.S. Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake.
Flake and McCain saluted Brewer on Wednesday night in posts to their respective Twitter accounts:
“I
have protected religious freedoms when there is a present concern,”
Brewer said, defending her decision during the press conference. “And I
have a record to prove it.”
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