Arizona lawmakers pass controversial anti-gay bill

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**hotsauceman1**

ironicsilence wrote:
This guy is onto something
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/this-one-picture-perfectly-explains-the-hypocrisy-of-arizonas-anti-gay-bill/politics/2014/02/21/83533#.UwkIjIVRz6E

Im not sure hypocrisy, so much as narrow minded ignorance of their own religion.

**d-usa**

http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/02/arizona-governor-fears-government-regulation-could-ruin-bigotry-and-hatred.html

PHOENIX (The Borowitz Report)—Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said today that she was reluctant to sign an anti-gay “religious freedom” bill passed by the Arizona state legislature this week, telling reporters, “I believe that bigotry and hatred should be free of government regulation.”

She said that while many Arizona business owners currently enjoy employing hateful practices, “I worry that if big government gets involved, that’ll ruin everything.”

“Don’t get me wrong—I think the anti-gay bill that the legislature passed was well-meaning,” she said. “All I’m saying is, let’s leave it to the private sector.”

Offering an example, she added, “Look at how Obamacare has messed up health care. I’d hate to pass a new law that results in government wrecking bigotry.”

But Governor Brewer got some pushback today from Republican legislator Harland Dorrinson, who told reporters, "I’m as opposed to big government as anyone. But promoting hate-based bias is one area where I believe government has an important role to play.”

For her part, Governor Brewer remains unconvinced by that argument. Noting that the current system of hatred and bigotry in place in Arizona has worked well for decades, she said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Photograph by Ross D. Franklin/AP.

**whembly**

Good for Jan Brewer.

**dogma**

whembly wrote:
Good for Jan Brewer.

Obviously she didn't really say that.

**agnosto**

4th paragraph made me laugh. Yeah we can't let the governent scew up bigotry, right Jan?

The New Yorker cracks me up.

**d-usa**

Funniest thing I've read today.

The Onion needs to step it up.

**agnosto**

d-usa wrote:
Funniest thing I've read today.

The Onion needs to step it up.

Yeah, they do. The New Yorker had a piece on the Olympics and said that every hotel room in Sochi had a painting of Putin barechested and riding a mammal of some sort. lol

**Ouze**

My mom loves the Borowitz Report. I find it a little hit and miss but that one was pretty solid.

**hotsauceman1**

d-usa wrote:
http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/02/arizona-governor-fears-government-regulation-could-ruin-bigotry-and-hatred.html

PHOENIX (The Borowitz Report)—Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said today that she was reluctant to sign an anti-gay “religious freedom” bill passed by the Arizona state legislature this week, telling reporters, “I believe that bigotry and hatred should be free of government regulation.”

She said that while many Arizona business owners currently enjoy employing hateful practices, “I worry that if big government gets involved, that’ll ruin everything.”

“Don’t get me wrong—I think the anti-gay bill that the legislature passed was well-meaning,” she said. “All I’m saying is, let’s leave it to the private sector.”

Offering an example, she added, “Look at how Obamacare has messed up health care. I’d hate to pass a new law that results in government wrecking bigotry.”

But Governor Brewer got some pushback today from Republican legislator Harland Dorrinson, who told reporters, "I’m as opposed to big government as anyone. But promoting hate-based bias is one area where I believe government has an important role to play.”

For her part, Governor Brewer remains unconvinced by that argument. Noting that the current system of hatred and bigotry in place in Arizona has worked well for decades, she said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Photograph by Ross D. Franklin/AP.

Not knowing the new yorker, I thought it was real.

**agnosto**

It's a bit trickier than the Onion to be fair.

**whembly**

dogma wrote:
whembly wrote:
Good for Jan Brewer.

Obviously she didn't really say that.

Oops. My bad.

**Kilkrazy**

agnosto wrote:
d-usa wrote:
Funniest thing I've read today.

The Onion needs to step it up.

Yeah, they do. The New Yorker had a piece on the Olympics and said that every hotel room in Sochi had a painting of Putin barechested and riding a mammal of some sort. lol

It should have been a dinosaur.

With an AK47 and a 30 round clip of bullets.

**Seaward**

Ouze wrote:
Of course, the American Taliban don't want to hear that.

Is this the unofficial thread for hilariously inaccurate, inept, and/or hyperbolic comparisons or something?

**d-usa**

Isn't that every thread?

**Ouze**

Yes - every thread could use a dinosaur with an AK47; does that even need to be said?

**LordofHats**

Ouze wrote:
Yes - every thread could use a dinosaur with an AK47; does that even need to be said?

Maybe if they asked we'd get to the point faster

**Jihadin**

Oh Hell no....US Navy need to upgrade training to deal with terrorist Raptor weilding Uzi and stick dynamite bombs riding Great Whites...

What gets me. How deep can a religuos person/organization has to be to qualify for an exemption.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ you can collected and not spend lawyers and for self punishment not to donate to the Parish/Church?whatever you go to

**Soladrin**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
d-usa wrote:
http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/02/arizona-governor-fears-government-regulation-could-ruin-bigotry-and-hatred.html

PHOENIX (The Borowitz Report)—Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said today that she was reluctant to sign an anti-gay “religious freedom” bill passed by the Arizona state legislature this week, telling reporters, “I believe that bigotry and hatred should be free of government regulation.”

She said that while many Arizona business owners currently enjoy employing hateful practices, “I worry that if big government gets involved, that’ll ruin everything.”

“Don’t get me wrong—I think the anti-gay bill that the legislature passed was well-meaning,” she said. “All I’m saying is, let’s leave it to the private sector.”

Offering an example, she added, “Look at how Obamacare has messed up health care. I’d hate to pass a new law that results in government wrecking bigotry.”

But Governor Brewer got some pushback today from Republican legislator Harland Dorrinson, who told reporters, "I’m as opposed to big government as anyone. But promoting hate-based bias is one area where I believe government has an important role to play.”

For her part, Governor Brewer remains unconvinced by that argument. Noting that the current system of hatred and bigotry in place in Arizona has worked well for decades, she said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Photograph by Ross D. Franklin/AP.

Not knowing the new yorker, I thought it was real.

I never agree with you, but this time.. yeah.

With the amount of morons the US apparently has in power I wouldn't be suprised by this being said, at all.

**DeadMutagen94**

this is .... I don't even know what to say about this, the founding fathers of America are rolling in their graves.,..

**Siberiandreamer**

If businesses want to ruin their reputation and face angry backlashes for such practices then it is up to them.

**Seaward**

Siberiandreamer wrote:
If businesses want to ruin their reputation and face angry backlashes for such practices then it is up to them.

Like Chick-fil-A?

**whembly**

That's what I feel like these discussions ends up...

**LordofHats**

If I remember correct, Chick-Fil-A made money from their scaf with the gay community. Cause controversy sells everything.

**Siberiandreamer**

I don't even know what chick-Fil-A is, but it sounds like some gak storm of some kind?

**agnosto**

Siberiandreamer wrote:
I don't even know what chick-Fil-A is, but it sounds like some gak storm of some kind?

The owner of Chik-Fil-A, a very conservative chicken fast-food chain (closed on Sunday because everybody should be in church that day, not eating chicken), said some stuff that got everybody all worked up and the ultra-conservative, "family-values", types all descended upon the chain en mass to show their support.

Typical overreaction-fest on both sides.

**Seaward**

agnosto wrote:
The owner of Chik-Fil-A, a very conservative chicken fast-food chain (closed on Sunday because everybody should be in church that day, not eating chicken), said some stuff that got everybody all worked up and the ultra-conservative, "family-values", types all descended upon the chain en mass to show their support.

After millenial internet slacktivists thought that showing up outside their local Chick-Fil-A and taking a selfie was crusading for social justice, yes.

**agnosto**

Seaward wrote:
agnosto wrote:
The owner of Chik-Fil-A, a very conservative chicken fast-food chain (closed on Sunday because everybody should be in church that day, not eating chicken), said some stuff that got everybody all worked up and the ultra-conservative, "family-values", types all descended upon the chain en mass to show their support.

After millenial internet slacktivists thought that showing up outside their local Chick-Fil-A and taking a selfie was crusading for social justice, yes.

Yeah, I did say that it was a "overreaction-fest on both sides", your point? Or did you just want to point the finger and say that it wouldn't have happened if they hadn't picketed? It would have anyway, just from the media ramping things up and typically sensationalizing the whole thing.

People on the far-right and the far-left are both a bunch of lack-wits in my opinion.

**Seaward**

agnosto wrote:
Yeah, I did say that it was a "overreaction-fest on both sides", your point?

My point was that I thought it was quite odd of you to leave out the protest movement that started the counter-protest you wanted to talk about from your description of the events.

**Siberiandreamer**

Sounds like an episode of South Park.

**agnosto**

Seaward wrote:
agnosto wrote:
Yeah, I did say that it was a "overreaction-fest on both sides", your point?

My point was that I thought it was quite odd of you to leave out the protest movement that started the counter-protest you wanted to talk about from your description of the events.

So your thinking I should have gone into greater detail than "got everybody all worked up"? I couldn't be arsed, especially when none of that would have happened if the head of chik would have just kept his trap shut. We're living in an odd time where hyper activism by extremists on both side of the equation are trying to screw things up for the majority live and let live crowd.
I don't like it because it's primarily a US thing and wasn't a big a thing in the two other countries I've lived in. Here, the bully pulpit is given too much airtime and attention.