Civil & Human Rights

Post SB1062: Arizona’s Christian Extremists Make Headlines with More Legislation

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cross27-colored-sig-sm72Arizona’s anti-gay “religious freedom” bill (SB1062) met with a swift and forceful negative response in the streets, on social media, and on national television. Responding to pressure by business interests and worried about losing Super Bowl 2015, Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the bill.

Now that the tide of religious extremism has been thwarted, everyone can relax, right? Not hardly. SB1062 was only one of several bills designed to take away someone’s rights and backed by the fundamentalist ChristianCenter for Arizona Policy (CAP). 

The Huffington Post published a brief but comprehensive report (excerpted below) detailing the scurrilous collection of bills backed by the CAP and founder Cathi Herrod.

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Arizona can do better than the contemptible Kavanagh – vote for Paula Pennypacker

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Arizona can do better than the contemptible John Kavanagh, an acolyte of “King” Russell Pearce and Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio.

Rep. Kavanagh championed Arizona’s “show me your papers” law, SB 1070.

Rep. Kavanagh championed Cathi Herrod’s “show me your papers to pee” bill last year that thankfully failed.

Rep. Kavanagh championed Arizona’s Religious Bigotry bill, SB 1062, vetoed this week by Governor Brewer.

For those of us who follow committee hearings and floor debates, Rep. Kavanagh frequently seeks to offend and to insult, and regularly displays a lack of respect and contempt for Arizona citizens, and even his fellow legislators.

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About Cathi Herrod’s side of the SB1062 story

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So, a few days ago the Center for Arizona Policy got a group of law professors together to get them to sign a letter saying the people opposing SB1062 were “misleading” everyone.

On letterhead for Douglas Laycock, a professor of law and of religious studies at the University of Virginia, 10 professors in addition to Laycock signed on. The thrust of the letter is that SB1062 is not discriminatory because it’s not the bill that was proposed in Kansas.

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Action Alert: CAP abortion bill in the House today

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Your work is not done now that Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed the Religious Bigotry bill from Cathi Herrod and the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP). The Committee of the Whole (COW) in the House is debating the CAP bill for surprise inspections of abortion clinics,HB 2284 (.pdf) TODAY. This bill is really about harassing … Read more