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POLICY BILL TO CROSS MY DESK.
SENATE BILL 1062 DOES NOT
ADDRESS A SPECIFIC OR PRESENT
CONCERN RELATED TO RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY IN ARIZONA.
I HAVE NOT HEARDEXEXAMPLE
IN ARIZONA WHERE RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY IS VIOLATED.
THE BILL IS BROADLY WORDED AND
CAN RESULT IN UNINTENDED AND
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES.
AFTER WEIGHING ALL OF THE
ARGUMENTS I HAVE VETOED SENATE
BILL 1062 MOMENTS AGO.
TO THE SUPPORTERS OF THIS
LEGISLATION, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT LONG HELD
NORMS ABOUT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
ARE BEING CHALLENGED AS NEVER
BEFORE.
OUR SOCIETY IS UNDERGOING MANY
DRAMATIC CHANGES, HOWEVER, I
SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT SENATE
BILL 1062 HAS A POTENTIAL TO
CREATE MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT
PURPORTS TO SOLVE.
I COULD DIVIDE IN ARIZONA IN
WAYS WE CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE AND
NO ONE WOULD EVER WANT.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS A CORE
AMERICAN AND ARIZONA VALUE.
SO IS NONDISCRIMINATION.
GOING FORWARD, LET'S TURN THE
UGLINESS OF THE DEBATE OVER