First I was going to sign it then I want it changed.LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday called on the state legislature to recall or amend a measure billed as a religious freedom measure to make it mirror a federal version passed in 1993.
Mr. Hutchinson, a Republican, said he understood how divided the state and the country was over same-sex marriage and religious freedom — his own son, Seth, had asked him to veto the bill, which critics say could allow individuals and businesses to discriminate against gay men and lesbians.
:doh Dumb. Politically understandable, given the insane people screaming right now, but dumb. If you bow down to idiots, you only encourage them.
“This is a bill that in ordinary times would not be controversial,” Mr. Hutchinson said. “But these are not ordinary times.”
He probably wants it air tight.
He should have thought of that earlier eh.
He is backing up so fast he ran into himself.Why, is there a rush?
He is backing up so fast he ran into himself.
Exactly, that is how this and other laws like this came about. Lawmakers bowing...:doh Dumb. Politically understandable, given the insane people screaming right now, but dumb. If you bow down to idiots, you only encourage them.
You are welcome to provide a source for that conjecture. :roll:
The Arkansas bill now goes to the state’s Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, who expressed reservations about an earlier version but more recently said he would sign the measure if it “reaches my desk in similar form as to what has been passed in 20 other states.” But the bill already faces a significant corporate backlash, including from Doug McMillon, the chief executive of Walmart, the state’s largest corporation, who said Tuesday afternoon that Mr. Hutchinson should veto it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/u...st-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
He should have clearly stated his position to the Legislature. Now he waffles.
Reason- Look to Indiana -
The Law is flawed from the outset.
For those that say leave this, that and whatever to the marketplace, well the marketplace has spoken.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/u...eakingNews&contentID=31872239&pgtype=Homepage
First I was going to sign it then I want it changed.
:doh Dumb. Politically understandable, given the insane people screaming right now, but dumb. If you bow down to idiots, you only encourage them.
He did not realize the level of bigotry among the gay and their lobby. Now he knows.
He did not realize the level of bigotry among the gay and their lobby. Now he knows.
You are way too giddy for what you have here. This is nothing.
He did not realize the level of bigotry among the gay and their lobby. Now he knows.
The CEO of Walmart is gay? Or connected to their lobby?
I didn't know that.
You see, I did not say he was. But you chose to insinuate I had. I wonder why?
No...he didn't realize that in 2015 the American people do not want bigotry and discrimination in our country. Its a new world. It used to be politically expedient for GOP politicians to appease the right-wing base. In today's world, it is completely the opposite. Some politicians have realized this already...others are late to the game (like Pence). They are all learning though that the right-wing social agenda is no longer helpful to them in their political efforts.
I know you didn't. But I can see the point I was making went right over your head.
These governors are backing down because the Corps. are beating them up over these backwards, stupid laws. Of course all this backlash would have never happened in Indy and Arkansas if they had learned from what happened in Arizona last year. But they didn't learn, their ideology and hatred it got in the way, so now they are paying the price.
Oh, but they obviously do want bigotry and suppression of religious rights to free expression. Thing is, that it is not the conservative right that is now suppressing people anymore. It is now the gay crowd that is acting anti constitutional with the courts supporting them like they did some time ago the conservatives. Quite interesting really, the way things have swung around.
You sound full of hatred. But if you think that protecting the rights guaranteed by the Constitution amounts to "backward, stupid laws" I guess you have a point. On the other hand, it seems as bigoted as the people that suppressed the gays in the old days.
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