Many of us had hoped that Arizona might return to the lands of the rational after Janet Brewer backed off on efforts to run for Governor for a third term, despite a state constitutional prohibition against serving more than two consecutive terms.
At first glance, although he is a Republican, Doug Ducey seemed like he might be an okay fella. After all, he was the former CEO of Cold Stone Creamery before he and his business partner sold the company in 2007. Then again, he received the endorsement of numerous conservative leaders, including Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, as well as Governor Scott Walker and eventually outgoing Gov. Brewer.
Ducey was sworn in to office on January 5, 2015, and it hasn’t taken long for the hysteria to ensue.
As The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, the Arizona Legislature passed a bill this week proposed by Republican Sen. Nancy Barto of Phoenix requiring abortion providers to advise women that abortions can be reversed.
Slate elaborated that this bill is the “latest in state-based attempts to ban women from using their own health insurance to pay for abortion. What makes this bill especially Orwellian is this attempt to force doctors to put the stamp of medical authority on the fantastical belief that women en masse are regretting their abortions hours after getting them and are miraculously getting them reversed through heroic interventions by Christian doctors.”
Then on Thursday, CBS affiliate KPHO reported that Republican Senator Sylvia Allen of Snowflake called for a state law requiring “Americans” to attend church services on Sunday during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing as a means of explaining her vote to force concealed weapons into all public buildings.
KPHO elaborated on her comments, reporting that:
Allen explained that without a “moral rebirth” in the country, more people may feel the need to carry a weapon.
“I believe what’s happening to our country is that there’s a moral erosion of the soul of America,” she said.
Democratic Senator Steve Farley took to Facebook and Twitter to announce the madness, complete with a video of Sen. Allen in action [see below].
Farley told KPHO that he believed the idea goes against the U.S. Constitution, stating that:
Even if you believe that would stem the moral decay, I think the Constitution makes it very clear that our country is founded on the pillar of separation of church and state.
Sen. Sylvia Allen calls for law requiring Sunday church attendance while explaining vote for guns in public bldgs https://t.co/V1GiUb7Lyu
— Steve Farley (@SteveFarleyAZ) March 26, 2015
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