Senate Bill 1138, sponsored by Sen. Warren Petersen (R - Gilbert), moved from the Senate Committee of the Whole into the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
the tack. herrod found herself up against her own party. three gop senators who voted in favor of senate bill 1062, including the co-sponsor, bob worsely. they ve changed their mine. state senator steve wooers said something interesting. he said we were uncomfortable with it to start with and went along with it because we thought it was good for the caucus. we didn t want to vote for it but made a mistake and now we re trying to do what s right and correct it. good for the caucus? what does that mean? they think there s a fraternity that runs arizona and nobody else will be paying attention to it? this is how the conservatives think these days. this is modern-day conservatism. they are trying to make it right. what does that mean? even failed presidential candidate mitt romney had to get into the game. he tweeted to the governor and said veto of the bill is right.
the table. the efforts could be far-reaching. the effects will definitely be far-reaching and i say efforts, because you see there s other states that are thinking about doing the same stuff. senate bill 1062 allows businesses to use religion as an excuse to legally refuse service to anybody. gosh, now that s a pretty broad-brush, you know. no matter what brewer decides, it hasn t been fast enough. at the center of the storm is this person right here. you know what, there s just a damn good political operative in every state in america, isn t there? here s a good one for the conservatives, here name is kathy her rod. she s the president of the center for arizona policy. she s the architect of 1062. kathy herrod is not an elected official but wields power. she may be more powerful than the governor herself in arizona. in 2011, we reached a pinnacle for us that the arizona legislature over the last 15
pressed to release a press statement regarding this bill. doocy claims if i was governor, i d veto the bill right now. i d veto it. he says this. forging consensus on acceptable language protecting religious liberty. that s a little vague, isn t it? basically, he s looking to distance himself from the bill. he has yet to distance himself from herrod. she s not backing down on the other hand. in response to the backlash, she s painting herself as a victim in all of this. i just hope that listeners and people around the country will see this for what it is, hostility towards religion. our ability to live out our religious beliefs as founders intended, our right to live out our religious beliefs. that s what s bringing us under attack. it s the religious right on
did she actually write this bill or was it handed to her through a group she was pushing and also her association with the republican candidate for governor? what about all that? you know, i ve had very few conversations directly with cathi herrod and maybe one conversation on an issue. i can t tell you where it comes from, her or a group. i know there s a conservative push not just here in arizona but all over the nation. i think that push comes from there, honestly. lydia, hernandez, state representative in arizona. i told you saturday night, keep the faith. keep going. it s all going to work out. thank you, ed. up next, a new attack on voting rights in ohio as governor john kasich signs two more voter registration bills into law. senator brown joins us with the reaction. one of the poorest places in the country takes a stand against