PHOENIX
(AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was holding a series of private meetings
Wednesday with opponents and proponents of legislation adding protections for
people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays, a
proposal that has focused national attention on the state as business groups,
gay rights supporters and even many fellow Republicans urged her to use her
veto power.
The
governor faces a Saturday deadline to either sign Senate Bill 1062 or use her
veto stamp. In a tweet from her official twitter account late Tuesday, the
governor said: "I assure you, as always, I will do the right thing for the
State of Arizona."
Brewer
has been under increasing pressure to veto the proposal passed by the
Republican-controlled Legislature. The proposal passed with support from all
but three House Republicans and all 17 GOP state senators. Three of those
senators, however, reversed course Monday and called for the governor to veto
the SB1062.
