{"id":434,"date":"2014-02-26T21:22:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T00:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmag360.com\/home\/?p=434"},"modified":"2014-02-26T21:25:55","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T00:25:55","slug":"tres-de-las-principales-aerolineas-llaman-a-vetar-la-ley-anti-gay-de-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmag360.com\/home\/2014\/02\/26\/tres-de-las-principales-aerolineas-llaman-a-vetar-la-ley-anti-gay-de-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Tres de las principales aerolineas, llaman a vetar la ley Anti Gay de Arizona (English Article)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Three Major Airlines Call for Veto of Arizona Antigay Bill<\/h3>\n<h3>Will the other airlines step up?<\/h3>\n<p>While Arizona gov. Jan Brewer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/politics\/2014\/02\/25\/even-mitt-romney-says-he-wants-jan-brewer-veto-antigay-bill\" target=\"_blank\">mulls over signing legislation<\/a>\u00a0known as the \u00abrefuse-service\u00bb bill which would allow businessowners to turn away LGBT customers if they offend their religious sensibilities, three major airlines have told Brewer to kill the highly-divisive bill.<\/p>\n<p>American, Southwest, and Delta all condemned the legislation. From Fort Worth, Tex.-based American, which scored a 100 on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/campaigns\/corporate-equality-index\" target=\"_blank\">HRC&#8217;s Corporate Equality Index<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is genuine concern throughout the business community that this bill, if signed into law, would<strong>jeopardize all that has been accomplished<\/strong>\u00a0so far,\u201d Doug Parker, chief executive officer of American, wrote in a letter to Brewer.<\/p>\n<p>From Atlanta-based Delta, which scored a 90 on the CEI:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a global values-based company, Delta Air Lines is proud of the diversity of its customers and employees, and is deeply concerned about proposed measures in several states, including Georgia and Arizona, that would allow businesses to refuse service to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. If passed into law, these proposals would cause significant harm to many people and will result in job losses. They would also\u00a0<strong>violate Delta\u2019s core values<\/strong>\u00a0of mutual respect and dignity &#8230; Delta strongly opposes these measures and we join the business community in urging state officials to reject these proposals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From Dallas-based Southwest:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe in an inclusive environment that embraces and values each customer and employee,\u201d Whitney Eichinger, a spokeswoman for the airline,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/travel\/2022992370_arizonalawtravelxml.html\" target=\"_blank\">told Bloomberg and\u00a0<em>The Seattle Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWe could\u00a0<strong>never support legislation that runs counter to our values<\/strong>\u00a0of respect for each person and our strong nondiscrimination policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by BY NEAL BROVERMAN, for\u00a0The Out Traveler<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Major Airlines Call for Veto of Arizona Antigay Bill Will the other airlines step up? While Arizona gov. Jan Brewer\u00a0mulls over signing legislation\u00a0known as the \u00abrefuse-service\u00bb bill which would allow businessowners to turn away LGBT customers if they offend their religious sensibilities, three major airlines have told Brewer to kill the highly-divisive bill. 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