Discussion: Brewer Indicates She Might Support LGBT Nondiscrimination Legislation

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“That’s something we don’t see a lot of anymore, because of people’s changing patterns of discrimination,” she said.

I really can’t see how any one person is qualified to make such a blanket statement about the experiences of a multitude of people. And furthermore, what planet does she inhabit where people have stopped discriminating against the LGBT community?

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Two views on the issue from the GOP; one from Kramer a hinterland ND Rep. and the second a disoriented, hands off GOP governor. I think they both missed the boat.

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I think Brewer can identify because she does look like the “T” in “LGBT!”

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Come on, give her a break. While she is wrong most of the time (as is Justice Kennedy), one should recognize an ally (like Justice Kennedy) and give him some praise when that ally is actually right on a topic, and even consistently right.
So, while I cheerfully disagree with Gov. Brewer on just about everything, kudos to her position on gay rights! How many right wing Republican governors are there who come out in favor of gay rights?

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So, Brewer doesn’t believe in discrimination, huh? Hispanics don’t count, I guess.

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The two sentences you quote is about as clear a statement From Brewer as I’ve seen …and it’s not all that clear. Like McCain she has occasional moments in which she does the right thing. But sadly they are rare.

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It’s easy for her to say that since she cannot run for governor again and she also knows damn well that the very conservative legislature would never pass such a non-discrimination bill especially since it just passed the legislation she vetoed not long ago

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“…‘I do not believe in discrimination,’ [Brewer] said…”

She later added, “Except against those who look all Mexicany; you know, foreign-ish; kinda darky like. Now, those people should be required to show their papers.”

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Occasionally Brewer, like McCain, has a moment of clarity. But when she does she gets heat from the knuckle draggers in the state Legislature. When she saw the benefits of expanding Medicaid to accommodate the ACA you could hear the howls from the state Senate and House all the way down here in Tucson 120 miles to the south.

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This woman has supported anti-gay measures as recently as 2012. She is a traitor like so many politicians. Once they are going to retire or otherwise go out of the public spotlight, they try to redeem themselves with these kind of statements.

F. you. I am not amused or giving you any credit.

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Let’s get the bill to her desk and then see what she decides to do. Like with the “Religious Freedom” Bill (aka the Bigot Bill), you can’t tell anything by what Governor Bonefinger says.

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“Bonefinger”. Ouch.

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Maybe she’s seeing more light these days. I don’t know, but it’s hard not to see her as a hypocrite and opportunist.