This entire issue was poorly handled all the way around. I do not support Brewer’s veto, but she did have one good point: WTF is the legislature doing sending her bills like this when so many other issues are more important.
Clearly, from a property rights standpoint - any business should have the freedom to choose customers, vendors, employees, etc. But to lose so much of what we gained with Duck Dynasty because three bakeries don’t want to bake a queer wedding cake is just absurd. And because of that, the entire property rights issue was lost in the case. It’s not like there’s a rash of businesses being forced to take money they don’t want. Stuuuuuuuuppppppiiiiiiddddddd.
Some hills are simply not worth dying on. This one was not. The merits of the bill were good, but the timing, the PR, the politics of it was just foolish.
Completely disagree. The veto was repugnant as were the threats from all corners. You won’t think this way when it is your property rights being expropriated by the government.
I’m wondering what we won with Duck Dynasty...
America would be foolish not to regroup and try again, now with a better knowledge of the demons which will rise. Even failures are instructive when they result from attempts to do the right thing.
You’re thinking the 5 minute view, not the 5 decade view.
This was an easy victory. All she had to do was sign the bill.
But supposed Conservatives are not intelligent enough to articulate why homosexuality is bad. Or they don’t have the courage to. Meanwhile demonrats can speak all day and night about why an abomination and murder are rights and choices.
If the Right can’t attack homosexuality successfully and easily, it can’t hope to attack more gray areas like finance banking economics.
If you don’t stand for God, don’t expect him to stand for you.