Controversial Arizona bill takes step toward becoming law
Russia Today - February 21, 2014
The Arizona state Senate approved legislation Wednesday permitting
businesses in the state to refuse service to potential customers based
on an owner’s religious beliefs, infuriating equal rights advocates who
claim the bill legalizes LGBT discrimination.
The bill, known officially as Senate Bill 1062, was approved by
the Republican-controlled Senate, which voted along strict party
lines. State Democrats proposed eight amendments to the bill in
an attempt to stop what they decried as discrimination against
the gay and lesbian community, but each of those efforts failed.
The most polarizing part of the bill reads, in part:
“'Exercise of religion' means the practice or observance of
religion, including the ability to act or refusal to act in a
manner substantially motivated by a religious belief whether or
not the exercise is compulsory or central to a larger system of
religious belief.”
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