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Ethan
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Republican Ethan Orr was a member of the Arizona
House of Representatives, representing District 9. He assumed office
in 2013. He left office in 2015. Orr ran for election to the Pima
Community College District to represent District 1 in Arizona. He
lost in the general election on November 3, 2020. |
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Gov Brewer Floods LD9 Race With Dark Money For Orr |
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Oct. 22, 2014 |
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The Trouble With E.Orr: He Supports The Most Radical Tea Party
Members Of The House For Leadership |
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Sep. 30, 2014 |
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The Trouble
With E.Orr: Taking Credit
Where It Is Not Due |
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Sept. 5, 2014 |
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Ethan Orr: A Guns-In-Public-Places, Pro-Voucher. . . Moderate?
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Mar. 20, 2014 |
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Letter To The
Editor From Stonewall Democrats Of Arizona |
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| Source:
Observer Weekly |
| Mar. 5,
2014 |
| Page 3 |
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"To the Editor, |
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In the Wednesday,
October 26 “Weekly Observer” on page 3 you
feature a picture of Republican House
Representative Ethan Orr taken at the first
Wingspan anti-SB 1062 rally. |
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While I was not
surprised to see him there, I was surprised
that the Observer chose to print his photo
over those of any of Southern Arizona’s
openly gay public officials. Why not
newly-minted Representative
Demion Clinco or
former lawmaker Paula Aboud or Tucson City
Councilor Karin Uhlich?
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While some may see
the presence of a Republican official at
such an event as a positive thing the
reality is that Mr. Orr showed up only for
his own aggrandizement. Ethan Orr represents
Arizona’s majority-Democrat Ninth
Legislative District. He is also up for
re-election this November.
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| At the rally, Mr. Orr
made it very clear that he voted against SB
1062. What he left out was the fact that he
didn’t take the floor to speak out against
the legislation and explain to his fellow
Republicans exactly why he opposed it.
What’s more, Mr. Orr did not make any effort
to support more than a half-dozen amendments
Democrats proposed that would have made the
measure less onerous. Also telling, Mr. Orr
was one of three Republicans who cast a “no”
vote; each of who faces a strong Democratic
challenger in November. It was a nice piece
of theater that provided the trio with
political cover and it cost the Republican
Caucus nothing since their votes were not
needed to pass the measure. |
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The Observer quotes
Mr. Orr as saying “the insidious and
dangerous part of this bill is that based on
religious beliefs, we exclude people from
commerce. That is unacceptable, inhumane and
un-American.” It is telling that Mr. Orr’s
only stated concern for the LGBTQ community
is our ability to participate in “commerce.”
He was not then and is not now concerned
with any other aspect of our lives than our
spending power and he made that plain at the
Wingspan rally. Before he gave up the
microphone I asked Mr. Orr where he stood on
marriage equality. He appeared annoyed and
gave a meaningless political non-answer to
the effect that he believed the matter was
one for each religious denomination to
decide for itself. He ran off before I could
ask a follow-up about whether Arizona should
recognize same-sex unions and has
subsequently avoided my phone calls on the
matter. Oddly enough, Mr. Orr did not make
any further appearances at anti-SB 1062
rallies in Tucson.
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| The vote on SB 1062
was just the latest in a series of blatant
attempts by Mr. Orr to portray himself as a
“moderate” ahead of the November election.
But make no mistake; Ethan Orr is NOT a
moderate. Would a “moderate” receive a
“zero” rating by NARAL/Arizona Right to
Choose? Would a “moderate” get an
18-percent rating by the Grand Canyon
Chapter of the Sierra Club for his record on
environmental issues? Would a “moderate” who
is concerned about civil liberties vote
“yes” to authorize the use of photo radar on
state highways or vote “yes” on Rush
Limbaugh-endorsed legislation to make gold
and silver legal tender? Would the NRA give
a “moderate” a whopping 92-percent rating?
The answer to all of this is a resounding
NO. |
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It is not just the
LGBTQ community who has reason to worry
about Ethan Orr. His voting record provides
ample proof that, more often than not, he
walks in lockstep with the Tea Party
conservatives who run the Arizona
Legislature. For example, as a member of the
House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Orr this
month voted to approve a bill to make it
illegal for undocumented immigrants to use
any public facilities from bathrooms to
parks, even roads and sidewalks. On January
2013, Mr. Orr joined other legislative
Republicans and Governor Brewer in signing a
proclamation denouncing Roe vs. Wade. It is
no coincidence that particular document was
the creation of the arch-conservative
Center
for Arizona Policy, the same group that
helped author SB 1062. A “moderate?” Clearly
not. |
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Jan Brewer killed SB
1062 on Wednesday the 26th but
the fight against LGBTQ discrimination IS
NOT OVER in Arizona. An identical twin, HB
2153 currently sits in limbo awaiting
committee action while another
discrimination bill, HB 2481 made it to the
House floor before being put on hold. That
measure would permit anyone who performs
weddings, either civil or religious, to cite
their religious beliefs as a reason to
refuse to officiate at a ceremony. |
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The only way to
ensure we don’t keep fighting these same
battles is to seize political power from the
forces of regressive conservatism. We must
remember. We must organize. We must register
to vote in great numbers. Most importantly,
WE MUST VOTE! |
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Robert Rowley, |
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Chair, Stonewall
Democrats of Arizona" |
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AZ Star Perpetuates ‘Ethan Orr Is A Moderate’ Myth |
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Feb. 7, 2014 |
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Ethan Orr Defends His "Every Gun Is Sacred" Vote |
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May 4, 2013 |
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