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That’s the point of this PHOENIX, Arizona, 20 religiosa, no discriminar. necesaria para proteger (AP): The Arizona Legisla- Kredit, legal counsel for the bill. It is.” de feb. de 2014 (AP): La Durante los debates citaron contra tribunales federales ture gave final approval Thurs- group. The bill is similar to a pro- legislatura de Arizona frecuentemente el caso de cada vez más activistas y day to legislation that allows All but three Republicans posal last year brought by aprobó el jueves una ley un fotógrafo de Nuevo que simplemente clarifica business owners asserting in the House backed the bill Yarbrough but vetoed by Thursday evening. The Sen- Brewer. That legislation also México que fue demandado their religious beliefs to refuse que permite a los dueños leyes estatales existentes. service to gays and others, ate passed the bill a day earlier would have allowed people or de negocios argumentar por negarse a tomar fotos de “Vemos una creciente drawing backlash from Demo- on a straight party-line vote of religious groups to sue if they sus creencias religiosas una boda entre hostilidad hacia la crats who called the proposal 17-13. believed they might be subject para negar servicio a gays homosexuales, y dijeron religión”, Josh Kredit, “state-sanctioned discrimina- Brewer doesn’t comment to a government regulation that y otras personas, lo que que Arizona necesita leyes asesor jurídico del grupo. tion” and an embarrassment. on pending legislation, but infringed on their religious she vetoed a similar measure rights. Yarbrough stripped a para proteger a los residentes The 33-27 vote by the generó una reacción Todos los republicanos House sends the legislation to last year. That action, how- provision from the bill in hopes airada de los demócratas del estado de acciones de de la cámara baja, a Republican Gov. Jan Brewer ever, came during an unre- Brewer will embrace the new que consideraron la mano dura de las cortes y las excepción de tres, and puts Arizona back at the lated political standoff, and version. propuesta como agencias del orden. respaldaron la propuesta. forefront of a polarizing piece it’s not clear whether she would Civil liberties and secular “discriminación La propuesta motivó un El Senado la aprobó la of legislation four years after support or reject this plan. groups countered that The legislation comes also Yarbrough and the Center for acalorado debate en la the state enacted an immigra- aprobada por el estado” y víspera por 17 sufragios a tion crackdown that caused a as an increasing number of Arizona Policy had sought to una vergüenza. Cámara de Representantes, favor y 13 en contra, de national furor. conservative states grapple minimize concerns that last La votación de 33-27 en la que se tocaron temas acuerdo con las líneas Similar religious protec- with ways to counter the in- year’s bill had far-reaching and envía la medida ahora como la libertad religiosa, la partidistas. tion legislation has been in- creasing legality of gay mar- hidden implications. During a la gobernadora protección constitucional y Brewer no comenta troduced in Ohio, Mississippi, riage. the Senate debate Wednesday, Arizona’s voters approved Democrats said the bill could los derechos cívicos. Idaho, South Dakota, Ten- republicana Jan Brewer y sobre legislación nessee, and Oklahoma, but a ban on same-sex marriage as allow people to break nearly coloca de nuevo a Ari- Los opositores pendiente, pero el año Arizona’s plan is the only one a state constitutional amend- any law and cite religious free- zona a la vanguardia de mencionaron situaciones pasado vetó una propuesta that has passed. ment in 2008. It’s one of 29 dom as a defense. una legislación contro- hipotéticas en las que gays similar. Ese paso, no ob- Republicans stressed states with such prohibitions, Yarbrough called those versial cuatro años en Arizona podrían sufrir stante, se produjo durante that the bill is about protect- according to the National worries “unrealistic and unsup- Conference of State Legisla- ported hypotheticals” and said negativa de servicio en un ing religious freedom and después que el estado un enfrentamiento político not discrimination. They tures. Federal judges have re- criminal laws will continue to promulgó una ley de con- restaurante o de tratamiento no relacionado, y no estaba frequently cited the case of cently struck down bans in be prosecuted by the courts. trol de la inmigración que médico si un dueño de claro si va a apoyar o a New Mexico photographer Utah, Oklahoma and Virginia, Rep. Chad Campbell of causó furor en todo el negocio tiene objeciones rechazar este nuevo plan. who was sued after refusing but those decisions are under Phoenix, the Democratic mi- país. religiosas hacia la Los votantes de Arizona to take wedding pictures of appeal. nority leader, said during de- Republican Sen. Steve bate that gays and lesbians homosexualidad. Un a gay couple and said Ari- Propuestas similares aprobaron una prohibición zona needs a law to protect Yarbrough called his proposal across the country would get de protección en base a legislador mostró un cartel de los matrimonios people in the state from a First Amendment issue dur- the message that they’re not las creencias religiosas que decía “No se permiten homosexuales como heavy-handed actions by ing the Senate debate. welcome in Arizona. han sido presentadas en gays”, lo que le causó una enmienda constitucional courts and law enforcement. “This bill is not about al- “We’re telling them, ‘We Ohio, Mississippi, Idaho, reprimenda por violar las estatal en el 2008. Es uno The legislation prompted lowing discrimination,” don’t like you. We don’t want Yarbrough said. “This bill is you here. We’re not going to reglas de la cámara baja. a heated debate on the floor of Dakota del Sur, Tennes- de 29 estados con the House, touching on issues about preventing discrimina- protect you,” he said. see y Oklahoma, pero el La propuesta tiene el prohibiciones similares. such as the religious freedom, tion against people who are Senate President Andy plan de Arizona ha sido respaldo del Centro para Jueces federales han constitutional protections and clearly living out their faith.” Biggs, R-Gilbert, said the Demo- el único aprobado. Políticas de Arizona, un anulado recientemente esas civil rights. Democrats say it is an out- crats’ rhetoric was misplaced.