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Facing Overwhelming Opposition, Arizona Governor Vetoes Anti-Gay Bill

After a week of national backlash, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has vetoed SB 1062, which would have allowed religious beliefs to be used to justify discrimination against LGBT people and others. Explaining her veto, Brewer said, “I call them like I see them despite the cheers or boos from the crowd.” She added that the bill does not address a specific concern and that she knows of no examples of how religious liberty has been under attack.

Opposition to the bill came from individuals and companies across the country, including the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee, Apple, and Mitt Romney. Many other states have introduced similar bills, some specifying that businesses could refuse services to marrying same-sex couples, but most have stalled or died, particularly those introduced this week during the backlash against Arizona.

Media Matters: Fox News Has A Nasty Anti-Gay Hangover

What explains Fox’s sudden cold feet now that several states are acting to deal with the manufactured threat to religious liberty that Fox News helped create?

To hear people like Fox’s Kelly and Tantaros explain it, laws like Arizona’s SB 1062 simply went a little too far. These laws would be acceptable if they only affected businesses directly involved in the marriage and wedding industry, but giving all business owners a license to discriminate against gay customers too closely resembles Jim Crow legislation.[…]

The distinction between marriage-related services and general services used by gay couples is convenient, but it doesn’t stand up under closer scrutiny.

For one, Fox News has aggressively promoted the idea that requiring equal treatment of gay people in non-marital contexts also infringes on businesses’ religious liberty. […]

… many of the network’s personalities are waking up to the harsh reality that their words have consequences. They’re in the uncomfortable position of to decide between disowning the right-wing talking points they helped promote or siding with measures that even they admit look a lot like pro-segregation laws.

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Interrogatories

Pizza – what style is best? NY style, Deep dish Chicago, or something else? What is your favorite pizza place?

Are you an early adopter of new technology, or do you let it get thoroughly tested and vetted before you will invest in it?

When on escalators, do you follow escalator etiquette (stand to the right, walk to the left)?

The Twitter Emitter

President Nugent, back in 1980, when you wrote Wango Tango, did you ever envision this America?

— Kevin Depew (@kevindepew) February 25, 2014

The best things in life are cheese or cheese-adjacent.

— JerryThomas (@JerryThomas) February 25, 2014

If you're hallucinating I hope you see a doctor.

— Dave (@gneicco) February 25, 2014

The "Got Milk" ad campaign is ending after 20 years. Oh no. Now how will people hear about milk?

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) February 25, 2014

Give a man a fish, he smells like carp.

— David Lubar (@davidlubar) February 25, 2014

It must be hard to make up your mind when you don't have one. #JanBrewer

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) February 25, 2014

Judging by commercials, I'm not yet infirm enough to watch network evening news.

— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) February 25, 2014

Never quite gotten how same groups (CPAC) that idolize Ayn Rand can't stand atheists. I mean, hello.

— Hunter (@HunterDK) February 25, 2014

In the late 70s, the super-rich got together and said "To hell with the great society, let's get rid of our taxes & reinstate feudalism."

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) February 26, 2014

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll add to the global overdepletion of the oceans. So just give him the fish.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 26, 2014

Interrogatories

Do you use straws for drinking? Straight or bendy?

Have you been robbed or burglarized?

Do you always answer your door when someone knocks or rings? When you don’t, why not?

Who would your business like to refuse service to?

The Twitter Emitter

Rick Perry's glasses were a savvy move. I expect him to have braces by 2016 and headgear if he's nominee.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 21, 2014

Most old tea partiers are Abe Simpson but w weaker command of facts.

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) February 21, 2014

If it all gets too much for you to bear, CA has no statewide elected Republicans and life here has never been better.

— Allan Brauer (@allanbrauer) February 24, 2014

"Your marriage is like incest! Mine is traditional!" said the multiply-married, childless radio host.

— ¡ Terry ! Candy Saga (@shortstack81) February 24, 2014

Alec Baldwin says he's retiring from public life to spend more time berating his family with homophobic slurs.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 24, 2014

If you're gonna fight hate, don't whine if you get some on you; just wash it off before it sticks. #p2 #uniteblue #libcrib

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 24, 2014

Twitter mikght be the social media highway, but there's way too much road rage on it for my taste.

— Suzanne Munshower (@expatina) February 24, 2014

The last five people left after climate change kills everyone will form a panel to investigate whether climate change is real.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 25, 2014

Not to worry, Arizona! You can always go back to canceling the Martin Luther King holiday!

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) February 25, 2014

What's the difference between Uganda and Arizona? Arizona GOP only DREAMS they could throw gays in jail.

— DC Debbie (@DCdebbie) February 25, 2014

Overwhelming inarguable scientific evidence is no match for a guy who "just knows".

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 25, 2014

Found on the Internets …

Georgia Issues New Confederate Flag License Plate

In Georgia, the state Department of Revenue’s Motor Vehicle Division approved of a new specialty license plate design that features the Confederate battle flag. Under state law, all license plate proposals are submitted to the Motor Vehicle division to screen out insensitive or offensive license plate designs.

[The design], proposed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, features a more prominent Confederate battle flag across the background, the emblem of the SOCV on the left side, and a dedication to the organization in a banner across the lower-center of the plate.

Maynard Eaton, spokesman for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, called the display “reprehensible” and added “we don’t have license plates saying ‘Black Power’.”

So I guess that glorifying a rebellion that led to the deaths of about a half a million Americans and honoring “confederate veterans” who fought to continue the enslavement of an entire race of human beings is not insensitive at all!!

Or perhaps it is only “insensitive” if you are a member of the race of human beings who were enslaved.

Of course, this honoring stuff is part of Georgia’s Southern heritage and has nothing at all to do with the actual war, why it was fought, and the racism that the flag has symbolized since the 1860s.

So if the “Sons of Nazi German Soldiers” wanted to have a license plate with a swastika, would that be okay? Surely those sons should have a chance to celebrate their heritage.

Or how about this: “Sons of the Guys Who Burned Atlanta” with an American flag and a logo showing screaming white people looking at their plantations on fire.

Stay classy, Georgia, and remove this license plate from your approved list.

Interrogatories

What would YOUR Olympic gold medal be for?

It’s open bar, every beverage in the world, alcoholic and non-alcoholic represented. What are you having?

Do you have anything expired (like an unplanned science project) in the back of your refrigerator?

The Twitter Emitter

It's not even March yet, and I've already given 45% fewer fucks this year than I did last year.

— That Damn Calvin. (@phive0phor) February 21, 2014

NEW STUDY: People who study online trolls are masochists.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 21, 2014

The NSA has harvested our personal information from FaceBook for 4 years. They now have the largest collection of cat pictures in the world.

— RUTH BUZZI (@Ruth_A_Buzzi) February 21, 2014

If Facebook gets anymore invasive with your personal data, congress is gonna propose you have an Ultrasound before you sign on.

— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) February 21, 2014

That awkward moment when Rand Paul says Ted Nugent should apologize for a racist comment and Nugent got the slur from a Ron Paul newsletter.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 21, 2014

Don't argue we should have #voterID like other countries unless you're ready to discuss death penalty, universal healthcare, gun control too

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 21, 2014

If there were a Nobel War Prize, John McCain would suddenly make sense.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 21, 2014

The man who foisted Sarah Palin into the body politic is calling other people naive? Shut up John McCain.

— Nostradeptus (@adept2u) February 21, 2014

If elected to the U.S. Senate, Steve Stockman vows to be the first Senator to primary himself.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 21, 2014

@owillis Businesses that serve Erick Erickson are aiding and abetting assholes.

— ginalou (@ginalou) February 21, 2014

Ted Nugent: "I don't apologize to Obama for calling him a subhuman mongrel, I apologize to @GregAbbott_TX for making him look like a douche"

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 21, 2014

Interrogatories

Did you have a favorite Beatle? Which one?

Do you still keep the phone book around since the advent of the internet? Back in the olden days when phone books were actually useful, did you use the phone book, or call Information?

When walking or driving past lit windows at night, can you resist looking in?

The Twitter Emitter

Out of curiosity, where were you all thinking of moving after you're done destroying the Earth? 'Cause I assume you've thought that through.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 19, 2014

Hi, I oppose Hillary Clinton b/c I'm a good Christian & don't much care for the way she forgave her husband & kept her family together. #p2

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 20, 2014

I'm Christian, and I'll be your server this evening, unless you're gay.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) February 20, 2014

Florida has just approved the “Mom, She’s Looking At Me” law, which permits an 8 year old to shoot his sister in the back of a station wagon

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) February 20, 2014

BuzzFeed should get into funeral planning. "22 Lemurs That Will Miss Bob", "Which Type of Mourner Are You?". Ripe for disruption.

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 20, 2014

You've reached the #RNC. For racist hate press 1, #Benghazi fantasies 2, Christian califates 3, #Birthers 4, War On Women 5… #gopvoicemail

— The Right is Wrong (@therightswrong) February 21, 2014

Ted Cruz was named Republican Statesman of the Year, which he earned by not compromising on anything.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 21, 2014

If Buzzfeed & Politico escalate their war to the point where bombs are flung & society collapses, i call dibs on posting the apocalypsticle.

— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) February 21, 2014

As a general rule, any statement that includes "take this country back" can be safely ignored.

— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) February 21, 2014

There's an old saying in politics: If you're explaining Donald Trump and Ted Nugent, you're not actually in politics.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 21, 2014

New Georgia license plate features Confederate flag, “but not for racist reasons. It’s just to honor men who died protecting black slavery.”

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 21, 2014

Interrogatories

Are you a pack rat? What sort of things do you hang on to?

What public, non-political figure would you like to see drop out of sight for good?

Do you still have faith in humanity? Why (or why not)?

The Twitter Emitter

Ted Cruz: "Obama is hostile to traditional marriage. I mean, he's only had one traditional marriage whereas many Republicans have 2 or 3."

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 19, 2014

If gay people marry it has as much to do with "traditional marriage" as what the table next to me orders effects my dinner

— Jesse LaGreca (@JesseLaGreca) February 19, 2014

Russia's track record on human rights is pretty much the opposite of its track record on nesting dolls.

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) February 19, 2014

"The Stand Your Ground defense is like bleach. It works wonders for Whites, but it will ruin your Colors." – Jessica Williams, TDS

— Amarlie (@marabout40) February 19, 2014

I hope the lady standing way too close and peering over my shoulder enjoys me telling the whole world how ugly her shirt is.

— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) February 19, 2014

I feel kind of dirty that I can now speak fluent internet marketer, but that’s what I get for stepping outside of my intra-network silo

— Larry Madill (@larrymadill) February 20, 2014

I think Jared's been seeing other fast food restaurants.

— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) February 20, 2014

Any billionaires want to fund a start-up where I play Solitaire all day?

— David Waldman (@KagroX) February 20, 2014

Look, I made minimum wage in 1968 and I did fine, so there’s no need to raise it or even keep up with 45 years of inflation.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 20, 2014

The darker skinned people are no longer bowing their heads as I pass. I certainly am the victim.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) February 20, 2014

Interrogatories

Have you ever had a bout of temporary insanity? What did you do?

What is the last live musical performance you saw?

Have you ever won anything? If so, what?

The Twitter Emitter

I took the advice to follow my dreams and ended up back in bed.

— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) February 14, 2014

The guys who are furious at Obama for pointing out Bush destroyed the economy now want to blame Hillary for being cheated on 18 years ago.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 17, 2014

'Good Guy with a Gun' has a fuck of a lot of catching up to do if he's gonna be the one to fix this whole mess.

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) February 17, 2014

Hackers breaching Kickstarter are halfway to their goal of stealing one million identities.

— David Lubar (@davidlubar) February 18, 2014

TONIGHT ON THE KELLY FILE: Megyn sits down with Kathleen Willey, and all the latest on the OJ trial.

— Luke Brinker (@LukeBrinker) February 18, 2014

I really feel for George Zimmerman. It must be hard to walk around with everyone looking at you like a monster just because you are.

— Jesse Taylor (@jesseltaylor) February 18, 2014

In fairness, Ted Nugent IS one of the right's leading intellectuals.

— Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) February 18, 2014

Trump is so angry people doubt he'll run for governor that he may not even run at all.

— Tina Dupuy (@TinaDupuy) February 18, 2014

Shame Michael Dunn has to rot in prison. He'd make a hell of a Republican candidate.

— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) February 18, 2014

Believing is to thinking what unicorns are to horses.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 19, 2014

Interrogatories

It’s Drink Wine Day. What kind of wine will you celebrate with?

What period and place in history do you find most fascinating, and why?

Are you a joiner? Do you belong to many groups or organizations that actually engage in real-life activities?

The Twitter Emitter

Yes, there is a global warming "debate." On the one side, science. On the other, economic self-interest.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) February 16, 2014

I'd rather live in a state where you can marry who you want than one in which you can shoot who you want

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 17, 2014

Insects are up to something. I will let you know more as I go deeper.

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 17, 2014

.@edb87 Reading internet comments is like using a mace to remove ear wax. It's painful, it causes severe brain damage and it's your own fault

— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) February 17, 2014

George Washington never had to release a skeet-shoot pic to placate the National Musket Association.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 17, 2014

If Stand Your Ground laws don't fundamentally change gun owners' behavior, then why do you need Stand Your Ground laws?

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 17, 2014

If guns stop crime and most crime occurs in slums, then the NRA should favor arming all people who live in slums, right?

— Peter Flom (@peterflom) February 18, 2014

George Zimmerman: "Trayvon was not the victim. I was the victim. Trayvon forced me to leave my car and fight him on the sidewalk."

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 18, 2014

Murders are down in Florida, because we stopped calling it murder and started calling it "stand your ground".

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) February 18, 2014

With his degree, Bill Nye can explain thermodynamics. With her degree, Blackburn can tell you how to get rid of tough hard to get out stains

— TBogg (@tbogg) February 18, 2014

Interrogatories

In the Bush Jr. presidency, do you think Bush was in control of his agenda, or do you think his agenda was controlled by others, and if the latter, who do you think was controlling?

What kind of souvenirs do you collect on your travels?

What sounds do you hear around you right now?

The Twitter Emitter

Some educators, who are quick to say "These students just don't want to learn”, should instead be saying "I suck at my job”.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 8, 2014

Instead of voting Republican, why not just poison your own water and blow up your own factory?

— Peter Flom (@peterflom) February 15, 2014

So the Florida rules are: No hoodies, no Skittles, no loud music, and especially — don't be black. #DunnTrial

— Barracks O'Bama (@P0TUS) February 15, 2014

There is something really wrong when a white man's right to fear is more valued than a black man's right to live. #DunnTrial #JordanDavis

— Kristen Howerton (@kristenhowerton) February 16, 2014

Hypothesis: the people who most want to carry are the very last people on earth who should be allowed to carry.

— davidfrum (@davidfrum) February 16, 2014

Homeopathic air capsules. Take 2 a day for 14 days at $7.50 each. Natural Organic Gluten-free Homeopathic Air. EZ Terms. Layway! Call me!

— Justice Putnam (@justiceputnam) February 16, 2014

So MTP has become the Dancing With The Stars for past-their-prime politicians? #saygoodbyeMitt

— Sam Seaborn (@SamSeaborn) February 16, 2014

Johnny Weir makes me painfully aware of my acute unfabulousness.

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 16, 2014

Did Bill Nye bring a signed note from Jesus saying climate change is real? If not, he lost.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) February 16, 2014

There's no more dangerous creature in the world than a person who is willing to proclaim ignorance in support of an ideology.

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) February 16, 2014