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DYLAN SCOTT FEBRUARY 26, 2014, 10:31 AM EST
With almost every big conservative entity -- Republican senators, big business groups, even lawmakers who voted for it -- abandoning Arizona's anti-gay bill, the Heritage Foundation is holding out in support of the bill.
Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society at Heritage, penned a blog post this week blasting a New York Times editorial that criticized the bill and praising the legislation's virtues as a vehicle for liberty.
"What the Times dubs 'discrimination' is in actuality simply liberty. Liberty isnt about acting only in ways that the New York Times approves of," Anderson wrote on the Heritage blog. "Liberty protects the rights of citizens even to do things we might personally disagree with."
"While the government must treat everyone equally, private actors are left free to make reasonable judgments and distinctions -- including reasonable moral judgments and distinctions -- in their economic activities," he continued. "Not every florist need provide wedding arrangements for every ceremony. Not every photographer need capture every first kiss."
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bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)MineralMan
(146,341 posts)That's real liberty for you.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)that they support has for some time been the most promising dart in the conservative quiver. It's an arrow that's been used against birth control, abortion and the ACA mandate.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)write these bills as Wedge Issues to keep the populous in turmoil. Mean while,the 1%ers rip us off while our backs are turned.