*Anderson Cooper took on Arizona state senator Al Melvin Monday night over the state’s proposed legislation to allow businesses to exercise their religious freedom to discriminate against LGBT citizens. Melvin insisted, “It’s nothing more and nothing less than protecting religious freedom in our state.” Cooper noted how Arizona doesn’t expressly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and grilled Melvin on why, then, they would need to reaffirm a right that isn’t under threat in the state in the first place…* Cooper went on to grill Melvin who couldn’t come up with a good answer. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Josh Feldman / Mediaite: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/anderson-cooper-tears-into-az-pol-over-anti-gay-law-%E2%80%98youre-seriously-blaming-the-media/