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George Takei: ‘Religious Freedom Is Just a Cloak For Prejudice’

By Jeffrey Meyer | February 25, 2014, 10:51 PM EST

Arizona’s SB 1062 “not a religious freedom bill at all” he shrieked that “religious freedom is just a cloak ... religious freedom.” MSNBC has made it clear which side it stands on the side of the SB 1062 debate and it ...

Andrea Mitchell to John Kerry: Does Ariz. Bill ‘Undercut Our Moral Posture’ on Human Rights Abuses?

By Jeffrey Meyer | February 26, 2014, 3:26 PM EST

opportunity to ask Kerry about Arizona’s religious freedom vs. gay rights debate surround SB 1062. Mitchell ... companies.    MSNBC seems to be perfectly content presenting SB 1062 solely as an “anti-gay” bill rather than ...

ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser Compares Ariz. Bill to Nazis: ‘Should They Wear a Yellow Star?’

By Jeffrey Meyer | February 27, 2014, 6:04 PM EST

ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser decided it was appropriate to make a disgusting analogy when discussing the now-vetoed Arizona SB 1062 bill during his daily “Pardon The Interruption” program on Wednesday February 26. ... the appropriateness of SB 1062, it is by no means acceptable to equate an issue of religious freedom ...

ABC’s ‘This Week’ Plugs How ‘Major American Companies Came Out Swinging’ Over Ariz. Bill

By Jeffrey Meyer | March 2, 2014, 12:25 PM EST

Governor Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) just vetoed SB 1062, and ABC’s This Week hyped the “spirited ... media was overwhelmingly biased in their coverage of the bill, portraying SB 1062 as an anti-gay bill ... And that's what this battle is. Vega framed SB 1062 as a “so-called religious freedom” bill ...

CBS ‘Face the Nation’ Ignores Tea Party’s 5th Anniversary

By Jeffrey Meyer | March 2, 2014, 1:53 PM EST

SB 1062 to argue that: I wasn't going to call it a suicide mission. But it seems like a suicide ...

Daily Beast’s Kirsten Powers Misleads On ‘The Anti-Gay Law Blizzard of Lies’

By Jeffrey Meyer | March 3, 2014, 1:17 PM EST

anti-gay free-for-all they [SB 1062 proponents] describe.” Maybe so, but that has never stopped a liberal ... groups circulated a letter from a group of law professors who support SB 1062 that was supposed to prove ... “egregiously misrepresenting the law.”… So what exactly did the professors say? They wrote, “SB 1062 does not ...

NBC’s David Gregory Pushes Cardinal Dolan For Catholic Church To Accept ‘Changes’ On Gay Marriage

By Jeffrey Meyer | March 10, 2014, 4:07 PM EDT

Arizona SB 1062 where Gregory asked “where do you stand on that, on this question of balance between civil ...

Chuck Todd: Arizona Is ‘Just The Last To Accept Social Change’

By Jeffrey Meyer | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

the entire panel disregarded the religious freedom argument associated with SB 1062 and instead ... MSNBC could have had a serious discussion on the merits of this bill and whether or not SB 1062 needed ...

Daily Beast Slams Ariz. Religious Freedom Bill As Pro-'Discrimination'

By Ken Shepherd | February 26, 2014, 2:48 PM EST

The Daily Beast is at it again, portraying attempts by state legislators to protect religious freedom in the workplace as enshring "discrimination" at best and mimicking "Jim Crow" at worst. Here's how The Daily Beast's Cheat Sheet feature describes a bill [SB 1062] which ...

WSJ's Coverage of SB 1062 Veto Is Objective; WaPo, NYTimes Slant Story

By Ken Shepherd | February 27, 2014, 7:42 PM EST

legislation-- click here for a.pdf of the bill, SB 1062-- which Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) vetoed Wednesday ... religion may not be, in the language of SB 1062, "substantially burdened" unless a two-prong test ... means of furthering that compelling government interest." As such, SB 1062 is not an ...

Bipartisan Group of Legal Scholars: Critics 'Egregiously Misrepresented' Arizona's SB 1062

By Ken Shepherd | February 28, 2014, 12:55 PM EST

The nature of Arizona's SB 1062-- a bill to expand the parameters of the state's ... a state or local measure that would force them to violate their religious faith. “To be clear: SB 1062 ... for gays — understanding Arizona S.B. 1062" Sexuality Homosexuality Same-sex marriage Christian ...

Networks Turn Up the Heat on Arizona: When Will Governor 'Finally Kill' 'Anti-Gay' Bill?

By Kyle Drennen | February 26, 2014, 2:51 PM EST

"helped craft the bill known as SB 1062." Herrod explained: "What's at risk here is ...

CNN Slams Republican for 'Racist Roast,' But Ignores Democrat's Racial Gaffe

By Matt Hadro | February 28, 2014, 12:14 PM EST

representative John Kavanagh. He is actually one of the leading defenders of the now-vetoed SB 1062, and took ...

CNN's Cuomo Blasts Bill Donohue: 'Why Do You Want to Discriminate Against Gays?'

By Matthew Balan | February 27, 2014, 5:44 PM EST

On Thursday's New Day, CNN's Chris Cuomo hammered the Catholic League's Bill Donohue for his opposition to same-sex "marriage" and his support of the now-vetoed SB 1062 in Arizona. Cuomo mouthed the talking points of the social left on LGBT issues: " Why do you want to ...

Media Coverage of 'Anti-Gay' Arizona Bill Slammed as 'Deceitful,' 'Distorted'

By Randy Hall | February 27, 2014, 9:11 PM EST

Soon after Arizona governor Jan Brewer vetoed S.B. 1062-- a Religious Freedom Restoration Act that ... @Cameron_Gray agreed, stating: “Regardless how you felt about S.B. 1062, we should have never known how the ... 'egregiously misrepresented.'” "SB 1062 does not say businesses can discriminate for religious ...