Battle Emerges Between Gay Groups Over Arizona

Problem with this law is that it's mean-spirited and opens the door for racial profiling/harrassment. Hispanics (and Middle Eastern folks, come to think of it), will be expected to present doc's to prove their legal status - I don't know about you, but I don't walk around carrying my Green Card with me (you don't wanna lost something like that), and every naturalized US citizen I know doesn't carry US passports or naturalization certificates when they leave the house - so, if a person has an accent, or looks different (brown skin), they might be detained and asked to prove legal status - something we don't want as a fair nation to happen. Also, those who say that Hispanics are homophobic, they voted for Prop8, it's not our fight, etc - 1)It is our fight - there are gay immigrants, who will be affected by this - immigration law does not exclude gays 2) We as a community must fight all kinds of oppression, without an expectation of reciprocity -we do it because it's right.

If you think they won't eventually come for us (gays), please read your history. Illegal immigrants = scapegoats, Gays= scapegoats. I would like to know what the Greater Phoenix Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is doing to protest AZ's new immigration law because from this article they would like the boycott to stop. And you know I'm tired of calling it an immigration law, please call it what it is. Mexicans stay in your country. It doesn't sound nice but it's to the point. Hate, it never sounds pretty.

I have nothing against the bill in Arizona since it purely is to protect LEGAL citizens of the state. There is nothing wrong with immigration (my family is immigrants), but illegal immigration is a major problem that hasn't been addressed enough and it is really hurting the state of Arizona (California, Florida, etc too).

"Business is the largest contributor to racist, demagogic, right-wing ideologues." I wonder if Advocate will take offense to this gibberish, being that Advocate, (and for the most part all of their advertisers) is a business that needs to make money so they can pay their employees, and maintain this website so you can spew your Stalinist, Moaist, Marxist trash.

"Joe Arpaio is loud-mouthed right-wing fascist and a bully who thinks that might makes right, just like so many other white male wing-nuts we all know." Please give us an example of Arpaio being a fascist, because all I can recall was when the Feds installed a hotline so people can complain about civil rights violations, and to the embarrassment of people like you, not one complain was ever made, contrary to the more than 8,000 tips that were received concerning illegal aliens breaking the law (fraud, human trafficking, violence, etc.) at Arpaio's hotline. And can you at least try to make an intelligent argument without all of this sexist and racial animus you liberals always lecture us over and over about. What a narc.

This is not PEPA's personal blog contrary to way it may look.

I am so glad to see that the boycott is beginning to have an impact in AZ. Greedy business people who are mostly white need to realize their greedy chase of success at the expense of others is an entitlement that needs to go away. I think now is the time to tighten the screws so that the rule of law will be practiced using laws that empower all people rather than just a privileged few. Business is the largest contributor to racist, demagogic, right-wing ideologues. Businesses, then, should be the ones who pay the price when they put profit and ideology in front of people. No more special rights for business people!

I totally agree with you, Devlin. Joe Arpaio is loud-mouthed right-wing fascist and a bully who thinks that might makes right, just like so many other white male wing-nuts we all know.

"Do you agree that the law should attempt to *reduce* [gay bashing], or, at least, not encourage it?" Than can only work if you believe in the RULE OF LAW, which clearly many of you do not. ("Therefore gay people, who have known the injustice of the so-called 'rule of law'" [Raul])

"Have you ever heard, or read about someone being bashed for "looking" gay? Do you agree that the law should attempt to *reduce* that sort of behavior, or, at least, not encourage it?" There are laws in the books to discourage violence of any kind for whatever reason, unless you live in a state that allows assault, rape, and murder. But this is hard to do when you have politicians encouraging class and race warfare. "Why are racism and immigration issues any different?" Because people like you make race the issue, while people like me make law enforcement the issue. If you believe in enforcing laws (any law including hate crime law) then please leave your race bating at home.