Anti-Gay Bill Could Be Killed By Big Business

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*If Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer decides to veto the anti-gay discrimination bill waiting on her desk, she’d have a lot of cover from a reliably Republican constituency to defy her GOP colleagues in the state legislature: the business community.

Every major state business group, along with several major individual businesses, have urged Brewer, a Republican, to veto the “religious freedom” bill. The legislation would require the government to have a compelling reason to stop somebody from exercising their religious belief, which gay rights advocates say would lead to LGBT discrimination…* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Dylan Scott / TPM: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/arizona-businesses-veto-sb-1062

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