(CNN) -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed businesses that asserted their religious beliefs the right to deny service to gay and lesbian customers.
The controversial measure faced a surge of opposition in recent days from large corporations and athletic organizations, including Delta Air Lines, the Super Bowl host committee and Major League Baseball.
Fiercely divided supporters and opponents of the bill ramped up pressure on Brewer after the state's Republican-led Legislature approved it last week.
On Wednesday, the governor said she made the decision she knew was right for Arizona.
"I call them as I see them, despite the cheers or the boos from the crowd," Brewer said, criticizing what she described as a "broadly worded" bill that "could result in unintended and negative consequences."
Brewer said she'd weighed the arguments on both sides before vetoing the measure, which is known as SB 1062.
I'm just a bill.
So I says to myself, I says, "Self? How can this retro discrimination dervish have traveled all the way to becoming a bill?" If anyone knows the answer, we would surely like to know. Is it PDA that bothers the restaurant owners? If it is, then they would have to ban kissing. What's the fun in that?
What could come down the road if that bill would have been passed? Would we have to wear blue on Sundays, or change our economic status to eat at your restaurants?
Dangerous path to take, considering this is the land of the free.
Just as you have religious freedom to be ignorant and hate, we have the freedom to stay out of the closet (it's so stuffy in there).
Also, how can you tell who is gay by appearances?
You can't assume attributes to strangers.
This has been a public service announcement. Stop discriminating and start loving.












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