Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer bows to economic pressure in vetoing religious freedom act, say critics
PHOENIX, AZ , February 27, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Facing an intense national campaign of media and economic pressure, Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill that would have given Arizona business owners greater legal protections to exercise their faith in public. Senate Bill 1062 would have made it more difficult to sue business owners who refuse to participate in commerce that violates their religious convictions, such as making a cake for a same-sex “wedding.” “Senate Bill 1062 does not address a specific and present concern related to religious liberty in Arizona,” Brewer said . “I have not heard of one example in Arizona where a business owner’s religious liberty has been violated.” However, lawsuits have been filed against a Christian photographer in New Mexico , bakers in Colorado and Iowa , and an elderly florist in Washington state who refused to take part in same-sex ceremonies. Brewer obliquely referred to the economic threats her state faced if she sig