Seditionist and Arizona
Representative
Anthony Kern. Above
photo taken at
January 6
insurrection.
Serial homophobe Anthony Kern is a far-right,
MAGA
Republican extremist, a January 6
insurrectionist and a member of the State
Senate beginning January 9, 2023 representing
District 27. Kern a founding member of the
radical pro-insurrectionist "Freedom
Caucus". He
was a member of the Arizona House of
Representatives, representing District 20 in the
State House of Representatives from January 5,
2015 to January 11, 2021 and in the On
January 6, 2021 he attended the Stop the Steal
rally in Washington, D.C., and was present at
the subsequent attack on the U.S. Capitol
Building. Kern posted a video to his Twitter
account which showed his attendance of the
event, and in which he stated: "I will put
politics aside if I never win another election.
Trump, every time I heard him on TV, it was like
he was my friend. Why? Because here's the
President of the United States who was sticking
up for little old me." Kern was among eleven
Arizona Republicans who in December 2020 claimed
to be "alternate electors" and signed a
fraudulent certificate of ascertainment
asserting
Trump had won the 2020 presidential
election. Republicans in six other states also
signed false certificates. He later said that if
vice president Mike Pence chose to certify the
bogus certificates, which would exceed his
constitutional authority, it would be "just a
nice Constitutional lesson for all America to
see." In April 2021 Kern was among the people
helping to count and inspect ballots as part of
the 2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot
audit ordered by the state Senate, though the
contract for the audit said that the ballot
counters would be nonpartisan. Kern is running
for election to the U.S. House to represent
Arizona's 8th Congressional District. He is on
the ballot in the Republican primary on July 30,
2024.
Video: Why Two Lawmakers Are
Under Investigation For Fake
Elector Scheme
"A
clandestine gathering of
pro-forced birth Christian
nationalist activists on the
Arizona state Senate
floor—joined by Republican state
Senator Anthony Kern—went
mega viral online. First shared
on TikTok by user Tony Cani (@ynotcani),
it quickly spread to Instagram,
Reddit, Facebook and X. On X,
Cani stated the video was sent
to him by someone who wants to
remain anonymous out of fear of
reprisals." [ . . . ] "At one
point in the video, two people
stop to look around seemingly to
make certain they don't get
caught."
"Republican state Sen.
Anthony Kern, who is
under investigation for falsely claiming he
was a legitimate elector for Donald Trump in
Arizona in the 2020 election,
lambasted the case as a political
prosecution Monday in what amounted to a
brief campaign speech. "And just to let you
know I will not be taking any questions,"
were his first words to reporters after
calling a news conference on a plaza outside
Maricopa County Superior Court in downtown
Phoenix. Kern's prepared remarks spanned
four minutes and wavered between criticism
of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney
General Kris Mayes — who is investigating
the electors — and promoting his run for
Congress. Kern declined to say what he was
doing at the courthouse, or whether he had
received a grand jury subpoena tied to
Mayes' investigation."
"Arizona’s House
Education Committee advanced a bill Tuesday
that would allow public school teachers and
administrators to post and discuss the Ten
Commandments in the classroom. State Senator
Anthony Kern, the bill’s sponsor,
says the Ten Commandments shaped the
country's heritage. “Our history is the Ten
Commandments,” the Republican from Glendale
told the committee Tuesday afternoon. “Our
history is Judeo-Christian values."
"When he’s not turning
his back on Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs
(during her State of the State address) or
campaigning to move up the political food
chain (in Congress) or awaiting word on
whether he’s going to jail (as a fake
elector), Kern is donning his armor
to battle the forces of evil. From what I
can tell, Kern is against clean air, state
universities and democracy — at least when
it comes to selecting the nation’s
president. His Senate Bill 1195 would bar
any government agency from promoting
“Marxist” ideas. You know, “anti-freedom”
stuff like biking or riding a bus to work or
eating less meat or reducing greenhouse gas
emissions or researching climate change."
"A legislator
affiliated with the
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
who served as a fake elector from Arizona
during the 2020 presidential election is
proposing legislation that state lawmakers —
not voters — should get the final say on
choosing Arizona’s presidential electors.
The bill’s sponsor, state Senator Anthony
Kern (R-27), is currently under
investigation by Arizona’s Attorney General
for falsely certifying that then-President
Trump had won the state’s Electoral
College votes in 2020 instead of Joe Biden.
Kern won his bid for state senator in 2022
with Trump’s endorsement and is now a member
of Arizona’s state Freedom Caucus." [ . . .
] "While a former state representative, he
was listed as a speaker at the Stop the
Steal rally in Washington on January 6,
participated in the insurrection, promoted
it on social media, and subsequently lied
about his level of involvement."
Jacob Chansley, also
known as the "QAnon
Shaman" wears a
feather headdress
and face paint at
Wesley Bolin Plaza
in Phoenix on June
1, 2023. Chansley
was more
conservatively
dressed, but still
donned an American
flag bandana, during
his visit to the
Arizona Capitol the
week of Feb. 19.
Photo by Caitlin
Sievers | Arizona
Mirror
"Jacob
Chansley, more commonly
known as the QAnon Shaman, was a
guest of Glendale Republican
Anthony Kern at the Arizona
Capitol this week, allowing
Chansley access to areas where
the public is generally
prohibited.
Chansley is
known for being one of the most
recognizable members of the
crowd that breached the United
States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
while wearing a horned hat, face
paint and no shirt. His actions
that day led to a 41-month
prison sentence, a portion of
which he served at the Federal
Correctional Institute in
Safford. He was released early
in March to a half-way house,
and returned to his home in the
Valley on probation in May 2023.
Chansley sought to vacate the
ruling, citing dubious reporting
by former Fox anchor Tucker
Carlson.
On Feb. 20,
Kern introduced Chansley and
others as his guests at the
Arizona Senate. Kern himself is
tied to the events of Jan. 6 as
he was photographed in areas of
the Capitol that rioters
breached. Kern has stated on
multiple occasions that he never
entered the Capitol itself.
Other senators, like Goodyear
Republican
Janae Shamp, were also
present that day."
"A Senate panel voted
Wednesday to provide a legal basis in law
for any Arizonan to file suit against any
level of government they contend is
"furthering Marxist ideologies.''" [ . . . ]
"Peoria Republican Sen. Anthony Kern's
measure, SB 1195, would also bar spending
taxpayer dollars to promote, advocate or
plan to, among other examples,
reduce motor vehicle traffic through biking
or public transit, reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, limit increases in global
temperatures, reduce consumption of meat or
dairy products, or anything "furthering
Marxist ideologies including stakeholder
capitalism.'"
"Some Arizona
lawmakers want to make brass knuckles
illegal after multiple crimes involving the
weapons — some attributed to the now
infamous Gilbert Goons — have been
perpetrated in the Valley. Sen.
John Kavanaugh, R-Fountain Hills, worked
with a teen who was attacked by another teen
who was wearing brass knuckles to craft
Senate Bill 1183 — which would make the
possession and transfer of brass knuckles a
misdemeanor in Arizona." [ . . . ] "But
Sen.
Anthony Kern, a Republican from
Glendale, applied the claim that Republicans
often make about gun restrictions to brass
knuckles: That banning them would leave
law-abiding citizens who want to use them
for self-defense vulnerable to criminals who
would use them regardless of the law."
"A state senator being
investigated by Attorney General Kris Mayes
for his role as a “fake elector’’ is now
opening a legislative investigation into her
Glendale Republican Anthony Kern said
since Mayes, a Democrat, took office in
January 2023 there has been “a flood of
questionable activity’’ from her office. He
said that includes a “witch hunt’’ against
local elected officials for the votes they
have taken,’’ an obvious reference to Mayes’
decision to prosecute two Cochise County
supervisors for delaying the certification
of the 2022 election results."
"Arizona
actually had two fake elector
plots—one a bunch of sovereign
citizen goobers and the other
organized by the Arizona
Republican Party. The GOP was
very proud of their crime,
filming the whole thing and
posting photos on their Twitter
account. They smiled as they
committed a felony, telling
Republicans that theirs is the
“only slate of 11 you need to
worry about,” not the sovereign
citizens and certainly not the
duly elected and qualified
electors. The happy faces in
that photo are probably not
smiling now. Attorney Kenneth
Chesebro, who pled guilty in the
Georgia racketeering case, was
one of the movers behind the
fake electors scheme nationwide,
and as part of his plea deal
he’s agreed to testify against
other co-conspirators."
"Republicans upset
over a "lack of control" on free speech at
Arizona State University say they may look
into the prospect of slashing funds to
colleges, The Arizona Republic reported.
State Sen. Anthony Kern (R) said that
lawmakers are working on bills that will put
"guardrails" around the Arizona Board of
Regents. " [ . . . ] ""They protested the
appearance of Charlie Kirk, a talk show host
and founder of the conservative organization
Turning Point USA, and conservative talk
show host Dennis Prager.""
"Some Republican
candidates running for Congress in Arizona's
8th district continue to argue that the 2020
and 2022 elections in Arizona were stolen
from their party and made those complaints a
central theme of a Wednesday forum." [ . . .
] "The 8th Congressional District forum was
hosted by conservative activist
Merissa Hamilton, who lost a bid for
Phoenix mayor in 2020 and now runs a
political group called EZAZ.org. Jenna
Rayne, an Arizona State University student
and chair of the West Valley Young
Republicans, moderated the forum with
Hamilton.
Abe Hamadeh, who lost a bid for Arizona
attorney general last year and continues to
file lawsuits challenging that outcome,
Masters, and state Sen. Anthony Kern
participated.
Jacob Chansley, often known as the QAnon
Shaman for his protest persona, attended the
event but was not allowed to speak because
he plans to run as a Libertarian and the
event was for Republican candidates only,
according to the hosts."
"They
called it “The Signing.” Eleven
fake electors for President
Donald Trump convened at the
state Republican Party
headquarters in Phoenix,
Arizona, on December 14, 2020.
They broadcast themselves
preparing to sign the documents,
allegedly provided by a Trump
campaign attorney, claiming that
they were the legitimate
representatives of the state’s
electoral votes." [ . . . ] "Now
those fake electors find
themselves under new legal
scrutiny as the Arizona attorney
general announced a broad
investigation into their actions
and their public campaign that
could open the electors up to
increased legal liability,
according to experts who spoke
with CNN." [ . . . ] "Of the 11
fake electors in Arizona, five
were the most publicly vocal
members advocating the scheme in
the state:
Kelli Ward, the chairperson
of the state party and her
spouse, Michael Ward; state Rep.
Anthony Kern, then a
sitting lawmaker;
Jake Hoffman, a newly
elected member of the Arizona
House; and Tyler Bowyer, a top
state official with the
Republican National Committee."
"An Arizona GOP
legislator who was among the rioting crowds
at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is
facing a campaign finance complaint alleging
that he illegally used cash from a failed
re-election bid to attend the insurrection.
The complaint against Sen. Anthony Kern,
R-Glendale claims that Kern improperly used
campaign funds from his failed 2020
re-election to travel to Washington, D.C.,
to attend the events of Jan. 6, 2021,
including airfare and a hotel stay. “These
travel expenses occurred during the same
time that Senator Kern traveled to
Washington, D.C. for a rally at the United
State Capitol on January 6, 2021 – a rally
that ultimately turned violent and led to
the death of seven people,” the complaint
filed with the Arizona Secretary of State’s
Office"
"Three current and
former Republican lawmakers have been
rebuffed by the state Court of Appeals in
their bid to avoid paying the legal fees of
a Democrat who a trial judge said was
unfairly sued by them." [ . . . ] "In a
unanimous ruling Thursday, the three-judge
panel said that Yuma County Superior Court
Judge Levi Gunderson was absolutely
justified last year in requiring
Mark Finchem, Sen. Anthony Kern,
R-Glendale; and U.S. Rep.
Paul Gosar, R-Bullhead City, to shell
out $75,000 that Charlene Fernandez, then a
state representative from Yuma, had to pay
to her attorneys to successfully defend
against a defamation suit they brought
against her. He tossed their claim, ruling
the lawsuit “was brought for an improper
purpose, having been filed against a
political opponent primarily for the
purposes of harassment.”"
"Eleven
Arizona Republicans signed a
document representing a
nonexistent organization and
declared, “We are the electors
who represent the legal voters
of Arizona.” It was part of a
scheme by the Trump campaign to
organize phony electors in seven
states. Attorney General Kris
Mayes vowed to look into the
matter. According to the Post,
prosecutors have contacted many
people involved and their
lawyers. Investigators are in
the “fact-gathering” phase. The
“fake electors” under
investigation include two
lawmakers, Arizona State
Senators
Anthony Kern of Glendale and
Jake Hoffman of Queen Creek.
Tyler Bowyer of the
far-right activist group
Turning Point USA and
then-state GOP Chair Kelli
Ward also signed their name
to the document."
June is
LGBT
Pride
Month so
of
course
Serial
Homophobe
Anthony
Kern had
this to
post on
Twitter.
"A bill that would
punish the State Bar
of Arizona and the
Arizona Supreme
Court if they
discipline attorneys
for bringing
baseless election
fraud complaints in
Arizona courts has
continued to make
its way towards
becoming law. The
bill from Sen.
Anthony Kern,
R-Glendale,
prohibits both the
State Bar and the
Arizona Supreme
Court from
“infringing” or
“impeding” on the
“political speech”
of an attorney or an
attorney’s clients
by disciplining them
or revoking their
licenses for
“bringing a good
faith, non frivolous
claim that is based
in law and fact to
court.” If they are
found to be in
violation of the
proposed law, each
would forfeit 10% of
their revenue. For
the Bar, that would
come from the money
it raises through
attorney membership
dues, while the
Supreme Court would
see its budget cut
as punishment. The
penalties would
equate to about $1
million for the Bar
and nearly $10
million for the
Supreme Court.
Kern’s Senate Bill
1092 comes as
attorneys across the
country and in
Arizona have faced
disciplinary action,
including
disbarment, for
bringing challenges
to the election
based on frivolous
claims of election
fraud as well as
lawsuits against
political rivals.
In testimony before
the House Judiciary
Committee Wednesday,
Kern singled out the
discipline of former
New York City Mayor
and Trump attorney
Rudy Giuliani, who
lost his law license
in New York over
bringing false
election fraud
claims. Kern himself
is no stranger to
punishments from the
court for filing a
baseless lawsuit. He
joined with former
state Rep.
Mark Finchem and
Congressman
Paul Gosar in
suing former
lawmaker Charlene
Fernandez for
defamation after she
and other Democratic
members of the state
House of
Representatives sent
a letter to the FBI
in 2021 asking for
an investigating
into the trio’s role
in the Jan. 6
insurrection.
A judge called the
lawsuit “groundless”
and ordered the
three Republicans to
pay $75,000 in
attorney fees to
Fernandez."
Mar. 15, 2023
The anti-Drag Storey Time Bill. This bill
would apply only to libraries and other
government facilities.
This bill, had it become law, would be the same as laws covering a cabaret but with
the words "drag
show" instead of "cabaret". This is simply a sneaky attempt to
outlaw drag shows.
"Arizona Republicans
are batting .000
with their appeals
and other filings,
and where the courts
have found the
lawsuits frivolous,
the plaintiffs
and/or their
attorneys have been
penalized
financially and/or
professionally.
Someone’s gotta put
a stop to this! How
will Republicans
recruit attorneys to
file their
phony-baloney
lawsuits if there’s
a chance they might
have to pay fines
and court costs, or
even lose their
license? How will
Republicans continue
grifting off the Big
Lie if lawyers can’t
or won’t help? Enter
Sen. Anthony Kern,
who’s got a dog in
this fight, since
he,
Gosar, and
Finchem were
ordered to reimburse
Charlene Fernandez
$75,000 after filing
a sham defamation
lawsuit. They lost
because there was
nothing defamatory
about Fernandez’s
request for the DOJ
to investigate the
three officials’
role in Jan. 6. Both
Kern and Finchem
attended the Capitol
riot and have
histories full of
seditious statements
and activities,
while Rep. Gosar has
often been named as
a central player in
planning the
insurrection (Gosar
ignored a Jan. 6
Committee subpoena).
So this week Sen.
Kern introduced a
bill that, if
passed, would cause
the Arizona Bar
Association and the
Arizona Supreme
Court to think twice
about disciplining
attorneys for filing
frivolous lawsuits."
“This
year, Republican Senators
John
Kavanagh, quite possibly the
state's worst lawmaker, and
Anthony Kern, who was fired from
a police job for lying,
sponsored five pieces of
legislation targeting LGBTQ
people in schools and public
places.
The
two lawmakers have a long
history of sponsoring anti-LGBTQ
bills based on whatever
iteration of homophobia may be
trending at the time: gay
marriage, bathrooms, and
reproductive health, to name a
few. This year, it's pronouns
and drag shows.
In
2013, Kavanagh’s so-called
“bathroom bill,” which would
have criminalized taking a leak
if a person’s birth certificate
didn’t match the stick-figure
sign on the stall door, was
flushed away following national
outrage. Last year, another of
Kavanagh’s failed bills aimed to
limit teaching about sexuality,
gender, and gender identity and
restrict student groups focused
on LGBTQ issues.
[...]
Here
are the five anti-LGBTQ bills
filed so far by Kavanagh and
Kern.
Pronoun Problems
SB 1001, sponsored by
Kavanagh, would make it a crime
for teachers and school staff to
refer to students by their
preferred pronouns without
written consent from their
parents. Even with parental
permission, school employees
could still choose not to use
the student’s preferred
pronouns.
[...]
Teacher Trouble
Another bill from Kavanagh,
SB 1005, would prohibit
courts from ruling against
schools and other governmental
entities when suedfor
violating the parental bill of
rights. The bill contains
exceptions for harassment and
frivolousness.
[...]
Targeting Drag Shows
Kavanagh has also sponsored
SB 1026, which prohibits
public money from being used to
pay for “drag shows targeting
minors.”
Kavanagh said there's no example
of such a thing ever happening
in Arizona. But, he explained,
it’s a preventative measure
after he once witnessed “two
people, dressed up, engaging in
drag behavior,” when “one of
them bent over and humped the
other one and simulated anal
sex.”
[...]
‘Erasing Drag From Public Life’
Sponsored by Kern,
SB 1028 is “the most
draconian” of the five
anti-LGBTQ bills on the table,
according to Woodbury.
[...]
Adult Entertainment
Also
sponsored by Kern,
SB 1030 would require
permits for drag shows and zone
businesses that host them as an
“adult-oriented business." The
bill lumps drag performance in
the same category as cabaret,
adult entertainment, and even
sex work.
“Drag
as an art form is not
adult-oriented,” Woodbury said.
“A bill like this, trying to use
zoning laws to punish businesses
that feature drag performances,
is just a ridiculous misuse of
the law.””
"As Democratic
lawmakers applauded Hobbs’ education agenda,
Republican Sens.
Justine Wadsack and
Anthony
Kern stood and turned their backs to the
governor. Earlier, GOP Reps.
Rachel Jones,
Alexander Kolodin and
Jacqueline Parker walked out of the speech. Midway through the
speech, Rep.
Jake Hoffman exited the House
floor. “It’s unfortunate that some members
chose an immature stunt instead, but we have
really tough issues in front of us and we
need to work together to stop them,” Hobbs
said during a news conference after the
speech."
"Yuma County Superior
Court Judge Levi Gunderson said it was
obvious that Charlene Fernandez, then a
Democratic state representative from Yuma,
had an absolute constitutional right to send
a letter to federal law enforcement
officials asking them to investigate the
activities of state Rep.
Mark Finchem, R-Oro
Valley, former state Rep. Anthony Kern,
R-Glendale, and Republican Congressman
Paul
Gosar in connection with the events around
the Jan. 6 riot and breach of the U.S.
Capitol. The judge said the lawsuit “was
brought for an improper purpose, having been
filed against a political opponent primarily
for the purposes of harassment.’’ In fact,
Gunderson said, the initial legal papers the
trio filed were less about legal grievances
and more of a political screed."
The
Arizona
Republic
via The
Rose Law
Group
Reporter
Jul. 15,
2022
"Elected
officials
and
candidates
for
office
in 2022
continue
to
challenge
and
question
the
results
of the
2020
presidential
election
in
Arizona.
The
results
have
been
examined
and
re-examined,
challenged
in court
and in a
monthslong
ballot
review.
No
evidence
has been
found of
widespread
fraud or
error in
the
results.
Yet
candidates
deny the
outcome.
Others
don't
quite go
as far.
But they
raise
questions
about
potential
irregularities
they say
could
have
influenced
the vote
and
should
be
examined.
The
Arizona
Republic
is
listing
candidates
by
category
by the
race
that
they are
entered
in. This
list is
not
complete
and will
be
updated
throughout
the 2022
election
season.
Election
deniers
These
candidates
in
Arizona
races
deny
that Joe
Biden
won the
2020
presidential
election,
either
in
Arizona
or
nationwide."
"Former
Arizona lawmaker and
current state senate
candidate Anthony
Kern wants you to
think Facebook
founder Mark
Zuckerberg gave
millions to Katie
Hobbs during the
2020 election.
Except, Zuckerberg
did not.
"Maricopa County
Supervisors and
Katie Hobbs took $3
million each from
Zuckerberg during
the 2020 election,"
Kern tweeted on
Monday. "Why?"
The misleading tweet
had racked up nearly
6,000 likes and
hundreds of outraged
comments by the
afternoon.
But Kern — a staunch
believer in November
2020 presidential
election
conspiracies who
used campaign funds
to travel to the
January 6 riots —
did not offer any
more information.
Kern did not return
a phone call or
email from Phoenix
New Times seeking
comment.
But it's clear that
Kern's insinuations
of misconduct about
the November 2020
election are
unfounded.
"Unequivocally, no,"
said Murphy Hebert,
communications
director at the
Arizona Secretary of
State. "We did not
receive $3 million
dollars from Mark
Zuckerberg.""
"It’s no secret that
Anthony Kern, who is running for state
Senate in Arizona, went to Washington for
the infamous “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan.
6, 2021. He even posted an image of his
flight on Facebook. But according to new
campaign finance data, it appears that he
also used campaign money to fund the trip.
Last week, Kern — a former GOP state
representative who lost reelection in 2020 —
submitted campaign finance data to the
Arizona Board of Elections that raises
additional questions about his conduct
leading up to the U.S. Capitol riot."
"Kari
Lake, a former
TV anchor who's
running for
governor, began her
speech with the
theme of some of the
other speakers,
praising America
under Trump and
listing its problems
under Biden. As did
others, she called
Trump “president”
and slammed the 2020
election as “rotten
to the core.""
[
. . . ]
"Like-minded Trump
supporters in the
Legislature included
speakers at
Saturday's rally
such as Rogers,
Sen. Kelly Townsend,
R-Mesa,
Rep. Mark Finchem,
R-Oro Valley,
Sen. Sonny Borrelli,
R-Lake Havasu City,
and former
representative
Anthony Kern,
who's running for
the state Senate."
"The four Republicans
who ... circulated baseless conspiracy
theories about a 2020 Donald Trump
presidential victory in Arizona and pushed
for the Senate's partisan audit of Maricopa
County's election results are continuing on
the same path more than a year later. [...]
U.S. Reps.
Andy Biggs and
Paul Gosar, state Rep.
Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, and former
Representative Anthony Kern, R-Glendale,
were at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,
encouraging the overturn of election
results."
"Though the crowd at
Arizona's Capitol on Saturday was small, a
number of politicians spoke, including
congressional candidate
Jeff Zink, state
Rep.
Walter Blackman and former state Rep.
Anthony Kern."
"Arizona courts have
ruled that records
on a public
official's private
device can be
considered a public
record if those
records relate to
public business and
the phone was used
for a public
purpose."
Jan. 26, 2021
Trump Insurrection -
January 6, 2021 - U.S. Capitol Building, Washington
D.C.
Seditionist and past
Arizona
Representative
Anthony Kern
Question 2:
Adding “sexual orientation,”
“gender identity,” or “gender
expression” to the protected
classes of race, religion, age,
sex, and ancestry in
nondiscrimination law.
Candidates'
Position:
Oppose.
Question 4:
Allowing biological males that
identify as transgender to play
on female sports’ teams.
Candidates'
Position: Oppose
Question 9:
Protecting a parent's right to
seek professional counseling for
their minor child with same-sex
attraction or gender identity
issues to help them reach their
desired outcome.*
Candidates'
Position: Support
Question 11:
Protecting individuals and
businesses from being required
to provide services or use their
artistic expression in a manner
that violates their moral or
religious beliefs.**
Candidates' Position:
Support.
*
This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy".
"Minutes after the 8 p.m.
deadline took effect on Tuesday, Rep. Anthony Kern
posted a picture on Twitter asking, "do you know
where Phoenix Mayor (Kate Gallego) is."Sens.
Sonny Borrelli,
David Gowan, and Rep.
Mark Finchem stood with Kern as the four smiled
and pointed at a clock inside a restaurant. Kern
later deleted the tweet because he said another
member of the legislature asked him to, but he would
not say who."
"An
Ahwatukee Girl Scout Brownie Troop of third graders may one day learn the lesson in Arizona hardball politics that their environmental project triggered."
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4: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.
Candidates'
Position: Oppose.
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9: Protecting a parent’s right to seek professional counseling for their minor child with same– sex attraction or gender identity issues to help them reach their desired outcome.*
Candidates'
Position: Support.
*
This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy".
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4:
Adding "sexual orientation,"
"gender identity," or "gender
expression" to the protected
classes of race, religion, age,
sex, and ancestry in
nondiscrimination law.
Candidates'
Position:
Oppose.
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6:
Prohibiting government from
discriminating against an
individual, organization, or
small business based on their
beliefs about marriage.*
Candidates'
Position:
Support.
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10:
Implementing policies to allow
students and faculty to use the
restroom, locker room, and
shower room that aligns with
their gender identity.
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9: Arizona’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage should be defended to the fullest extent legally possible.
Candidates'
Position: Support
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11: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law.
Candidates'
Position: Oppose
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15: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.*
