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Perfect storm brings swift end to ‘no promo homo’ – Arizona Capitol Times

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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich were both crucial in helping repeal the “no promo homo” law.

Democrats swallowed a bitter pill in 1991.

The minority party was desperate to pass a law mandating HIV and AIDS education in Arizona schools. Officials feared that federal funding for sexual education would dry up if state…

State moves to repeal provisions of “no promo homo” law | News

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State lawmakers moved Wednesday to repeal provisions of the controversial “no promo homo” law rather than try to defend them in court.

On a 55-5 margin the House of Representatives voted to strip three provisions from a 1991 law that governs how schools can teach about AIDS and HIV.

One section makes illegal any course that “promotes a homosexual…

Arizona House Votes to Repeal ‘No Promo Homo’ Law

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The Arizona House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to repeal the so-called “No Promo Homo” law, nearly 30 years after it was enshrined into Arizona’s books, and two weeks after a federal lawsuit challenged its constitutionality.

A relic of ’90s-era homophobic hysteria, the law prohibits public school instructors from promoting a “homosexual lifestyle” while teaching about AIDS, though

CD4 Candidate @MikelWeisser Smacks Down Center for Arizona Policy with survey answers. @pdamerica

CD4 Candidate Mikel Weisser

Recently the AZBlueMeanie posted a story about CD2 Candidate Martha McSally’s non-answers to Cathi Herrod’s Center for Arizona Policy candidate survey. Herrod is a right-wing operative in Arizona, so it’s odd that Tea Party Darling McSally didn’t answer CAP’s survey. (Remember SB1062?)

One Congressional candidate who DID answer Herrod’s questions is progressive CD4…

Cathi Herrod, Goldwater Institute, & AZ Taxpayer PAC Spread Medicaid Lies on Twitter

While following the ongoing #HobbyLobby Twitter storm recently, I bumped into several Tweets by the Arizona Taxpayer Action Committee. (I have no idea how things like this get into my Twitter feed.) What caught my eye was that Goldwater Institute and Center for Arizona Policy documents were linked to the Tweets and former Arizona Legislator and Medicaid-expansion denier Frank Antenori…

Financial Reports: Cathi Herrod & Center for Arizona Policy Give AZ Lege More than Ideas

The nationwide outrage generated by highly discriminatory SB1062 shined a harsh light on the Arizona Legislature and on the bill’s creator– lobbyist Cathi Herrod and her non-profit political group, the Center for Arizona Policy.

With 123 Center for Arizona Policy bills becoming law, Herrod and her fundamentalist Christian organization have been highly influential have been way too powerfulin the…

Post SB1062: Arizona’s Christian Extremists Make Headlines with More Legislation

Arizona’s anti-gay “religious freedom” bill (SB1062) met with a swift and forceful negative response in the streets, on social media, and on national television. Responding to pressure by business interests and worried about losing Super Bowl 2015, Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the bill.

Now that the tide of religious extremism has been thwarted, everyone can relax, right? Not hardly. SB1062 was…