the question is why keep it a secret? that s the thing we can t quite understand. more now on fallout with my conversation last night with arizona senator al melvin. we got into religious basis behind the bill from former presidential candidate herman cain linked to it on his face book page. anderson cooper is either completely ignorant about this man s bill and about the teachings of jesus or he is just plain lying. what a disgraceful rant this is. as for calling it a rant, the entire interview is at ac360.com. you can go there, judge for yourself. as for the role in religion, there are a lot of different interpretations to the bible, many different perspectives. tonight we re joined by a leading cleric in the state of arizona, the most reverend roy mendez of the episcopal church in phoenix. as some people s faith are supporting this bill on religious grounds you re opposing the bill on religious grounds. why? well, we feel that this bill
handmade italian sandwiches, flatbreads, and our signature soup and salad. starting at $6.99. and all served pronto! at olive garden. keeping them honest tonight. the people behind sb 1062 don t want to talk about it. our curiosity was piqued by senator melvin, talking points that sounded like they were coming from the same page. listen. this is not a discrimination bill. this is a religious freedom bill. this bill is advocating for basic freedom. it s a very narrowly tailored bill to protect people s religious freedoms. there is a kind of talking
senator after democratic senator came up and talked about that. i want to play one exchange we had last night with senator melvin. he s running for governor of the state of arizona. he says he cannot he knows of no example there is no discrimination in the state of arizona that he could come up with no specific example against religious groups, which is what this law is designed to protect. but he says there s no discrimination at all in the state. let s play that. with all due respect, sir, i don t know of anybody in arizona that would discriminate against a fellow human being. no christian or anybody that i know of. i know people in new york that discriminate. discrimination doesn t exist in arizona? no discrimination based on
keeping them honest tonight. the people behind sb 1062 don t want to talk about it. our curiosity was piqued by senator melvin, talking points that sounded like they were coming from the same page. listen. this is not a discrimination bill. this is a religious freedom bill. this bill is advocating for basic freedom. it s a very narrowly tailored bill to protect people s religious freedoms. there is a kind of talking point quality to those words. it goes far beyond that, though. it extends to the language in similar legislation on the table in states across the country. here s the meat of 1062 in arizona. exercise of religion means the practice of or observance of religion, including the ability to act or refusal to act in a manner substantially motivated by a religious belief whether or not the exercise is compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief.
will business owners be allowed to deny services based on their religious beliefs. a controversial measure. i don t have to make a decision until next friday. i ve got plenty of time. there s no discrimination against no one. in the contrary of straight news against discrimination. i thought i had seen every crazy thing in the world that could happen in the state legislature. but this really beats them all. it opens the door for discrimination in a huge, broad spectrum. i ve got plenty of time. if i go against religious beliefs, what about me is going to tell you that? the outcry against the bill has nothing to do with the actual merits of the bill. three senators have flipped their vote. i ve got plenty of time. mounting pressure from john mccain to concern from super bowl organizers. i don t buy the argument on the economic impact. i believe, again, this is about protecting people of all faith. i ve got plenty of time. veto, veto. good too have