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• 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
• NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
• ARIZONA ANTI-GAY BILL PROMPTS LGBT ADVOTE PROTTS
• HOW ARIZONA’S NEW ANTI-DISCRIMATN BILL AIMS TO PROTECT GAY RIGHTS AND RELIGN
• ARIZONA LAWMAKERS PASS NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY BILL
• LATTER-DAY SAT LEARS SUPPORT ARIZONA’S NEW GAY RIGHTS BILL. HERE’S WHAT THEY’VE SAID ON THE ISSUE THE PAST
• ARIZONA GOVERNOR VETO BILL ON REFAL OF SERVICE TO GAYS
• ARIZONA’S ANTI-GAY BILL LIV ON HOBBY LOBBY

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 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. PHOENIX (AP) — A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers that clus the Republin Hoe speaker announced Monday they were troducg legislatn that would for the first time protect gay and transgenr people om discrimatn by bs, landlords and employers.

NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS

The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. I unrstand where the ba was that qutn, " Kaiser told Hernanz, who intifi as gay. 7 they were troducg legislatn that would for the first time protect gay and transgenr people om discrimatn by bs, landlords and employers.

Across the Uned Stat, at least a dozen stat are nsirg new legislatn that several ways will mirror Florida's new ntroversial law, referred to by some opponents as "Don't Say Gay. "The stutnalizatn of the bills is an overt form of stctural transphobia and homophobia, and go agast all public health evince creatg a safe and supportive environment for transgenr, nonbary, queer, gay and lbian youths and teachers to thrive, " Arjee Rtar, assistant profsor of epimlogy at the Universy of Washgton, told NPR. Rtar, a social epimlogist and health equy advote, said the ntroversial bills will lim all youths to live to their fullt potential, addg "there should be no room for transphobia and homophobia — pecially the classroom.

" Tennsee's HB 800 bans books and stctnal materials "that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr issu or liftyle. Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a particular foc on LGBTQ issu. "Florida may be the first this wave, but there have been other laws the past that were lled 'no promo homo' laws, which forbid sayg posive thgs about lbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people classrooms, " Simmons told NPR.

ARIZONA ANTI-GAY BILL PROMPTS LGBT ADVOTE PROTTS

New York Cy is lnchg a digal billboard mpaign, supportg LGBTQ visibily that will be displayed five major markets Florida for eight weeks, to lure Floridians unhappy wh their state's "Don't Say Gay" law to the Big Apple, Adams announced.

The discrimatory bill would also requt parents to sign off on their children learng about historil events volvg sexual orientatn, such as a discsn of the morn gay rights movement. Hundreds of activists rallied Arizona on Friday to prott the passage of a bill that would let vendors ny service to gay ctomers on relig grounds.

The measure grants legal protectn to bs owners who want to refe service to gays and others bee dog so would vlate his or her relig beliefs.

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

Hundreds of lbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual activists and their supporters rallied outsi the state Capol buildg Phoenix, while others gathered the southern cy of Tucson to prott the bill, officially known as SB 1062 or the "Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act, " was fully approved by Republin-ntrolled legislature of this nservative southwtern state on Thursday.

ARIZONA LAWMAKERS PASS NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY BILL

"The world is upset wh how Rsia has treated gay rights...

" as they gathered to hear Human Rights Campaign, a pro-gay rights group, scribed the bill as "bad for bs, bad for the LGBT muny and bad for all Arizonans. 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. Hoe, as well as a Utah law protectg gay, lbian and transgenr rints om discrimatn hog and hirg.

LATTER-DAY SAT LEARS SUPPORT ARIZONA’S NEW GAY RIGHTS BILL. HERE’S WHAT THEY’VE SAID ON THE ISSUE THE PAST

Supporters of Utah’s approach to balancg gay rights and relig eedom have long lled on other stat to follow s lead. Bill allows bs owners to ny service to gays, lbians. Arizona’s Legislature has passed a ntroversial bill that would allow bs owners, as long as they assert their relig beliefs, to ny service to gay and lbian ctomers.

But Robert Boston, a spokman for the Washgton-based Amerins Uned for Separatn of Church and State, told CNN the legislatn would “flg the door wi open to discrimatn, not jt agast gay people, but basilly to any class of dividuals that a relig fundamentalist cis he or she don’t want to al wh.

Democrats dismissed as an attack on gays and lbians. It’s gog to allow people to discrimate agast the gay muny Arizona.

ARIZONA GOVERNOR VETO BILL ON REFAL OF SERVICE TO GAYS

He also said he was ncerned a ban on sex tn before 5th gra uld put vulnerable children at risk by limg sexual abe preventn the same time, the Republin issued an executive orr adoptg some of the transparency portns of the proposed law would have barred all discsns about genr inty, sexual orientatn or HIV/AIDS sex tn class unls parents are notified advance and specifilly opt for the proposal appli outsi of sex ed class as well, requirg parents to agree to have their children learn about historil events such as a discsn of the morn gay rights movement that sprang om the 1969 Stonewall rts New also banned any sex ed class before 5th gra, which opponents have said will put young stunts who now learn about “good touch-bad touch” to avoid moltatn at greater nservative groups that backed the measure lled a need parental rights issue, argug that parents serve to know and approve of what their children are tght school.

Arizona currently allows parents to review all learng material and already requir an opt- for sex ed bill passed the Republin-ntrolled Legislatn over unified opposn om Democrats, who lled an attack on LGBTQ stunts who are already margalized and dangero to young legislatn two years after the Republin ernor signed a repeal of a 1991 law banng HIV/AIDS stctn that “promot a homosexual liftyle. Latter-day Sat lears exprsed support Monday for a new bill Arizona that would provi relig eedom and LGBT anti-discrimatn matters: Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people face discrimatn hog, employment and public Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats helped propose and support the 2015 Utah Compromise that extend legal protectns hog and employment to LGBT people while simultaneoly difyg protectns for relig church now has announced support for both the new Arizona bill and the feral Fairns for All Act before Congrs. Jan Brewer, a Republin, vetoed a bill that would have given bs owners the right to refe service to gay men and lbians on relig grounds.

Jan Brewer, a Republin, vetoed a bill on Wednday that would have given bs owners the right to refe service to gay men, lbians and other people on relig actn me amid mountg prsure om Arizona bs lears, who said the bill would be a fancial disaster for the state and would harm s reputatn. “If we ny someone their relig beliefs or the right to do bs wh whom they choose, we tly are givg up more and more, all of , gay or straight.

ARIZONA’S ANTI-GAY BILL LIV ON HOBBY LOBBY

” Insi, televisn meras stood guard by the entrance to the ernor’s wg as volunteers om the Human Rights Campaign, a natnal gay rights group, hled box of petns holdg 63, 000 signatur askg for a veto. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: Arizona Veto Right to Refe Service to Gays. Civil-rights and gay-rights groups opposed the bill, of urse, but so did most large employers Arizona; s two Republin senators, John McCa and Jeff Flake; and even some of the state legislators who voted for .

It looked like an official ernment sanctn for send-class cizenship for gay people—and anyone else whom relig groups did not if S. Compani whose owners have relig objectns to homosexualy uld claim a right to shun their bs—which is precisely what gave rise to the veto of the Arizona Arizona law and the Hobby Lobby se reprent two sis of the same .