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John Kavanagh |
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Rabid
serial homophobe and
far-right MAGA extremist
Republican, John Kavanagh
is a member
of the
Arizona
State
Senate,
representing
District 3.
He assumed
office on
January 9,
2023. His
current term
ends on
January 11,
2027.
Kavanagh is
running for
re-election
to the
Arizona
State Senate
to represent
District 3.
He declared
candidacy
for the
Republican
primary
scheduled on
July 21,
2026.
Kavanagh
began
serving as
majority
leader of
the Arizona
State Senate
on June 27,
2025.
Kavanagh is
a retired
member of
the NYPD. |
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Legislative Biography - Senator John
Kavanagh |
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For over a
decade,
Arizona
State
Senator John
Kavanagh has
been a
primary
architect of
legislation
targeting
the LGBTQIA+
community,
with a
career-long
focus on
restricting
the rights
of
transgender
individuals
in public
spaces and
schools.
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Key LGBTQIA+
Legislation
Legislative
Measures |
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"Bathroom
Bills" &
Facility
Restrictions:
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- 2013 (SB 1432): Proposed making it a class 1 misdemeanor (punishable by 6 months in jail) for a person to use a public restroom that did not match the sex on their birth certificate. After significant backlash, he modified it to shield businesses from liability for denying access based on birth sex. (ref 1)
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- 2022–2026 (SB 1003/HB 2314): Has repeatedly introduced bills to mandate that K-12 students use bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers corresponding to their biological sex at birth. (ref 1)
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- 2026 Ballot Initiative: In early 2026, Kavanagh pushed for a ballot referral to take these school bathroom and facility restrictions directly to voters, bypassing the Governor's veto. (ref 1)
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School
Pronoun
&
Identity
Policies:
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- SB 1002 (2023–2026): Proposes banning school employees from using a student's preferred pronouns or names that differ from their biological sex without written parental permission. (ref 1) (ref 2)
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- Conscience Clause: His legislation includes provisions allowing school staff to refuse to use preferred pronouns even with parental consent if it contradicts their "religious or moral convictions". (ref 1)
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- HB 2011 (2022): Required written parental permission for students to join any school club involving gender identity or sexuality. (ref 1)
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Gender-Affirming
Care &
Youth
Issues:
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- Surgical Bans: In 2022, he strongly supported and advocated for legislation banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors, comparing the procedures to "mutilation". (ref 1)
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- Overnight Trips: Proposed measures to bar transgender students from sharing hotel rooms on school trips with classmates of the same gender identity, requiring them to room according to biological sex. (ref 1)
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Restrictions
on
Performances:
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- Anti-Drag Legislation (SB 1026): In 2023, he sponsored a bill seeking to restrict drag performances, specifically prohibiting organizations that receive state tax dollars from hosting drag shows for anyone under 18. (ref 1)
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Religious
Freedom
Protections:
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- SB 1062 (2014): Supported a controversial "religious freedom" bill that would have allowed businesses to refuse service to LGBTQIA+ individuals based on the owner's religious beliefs (the bill was ultimately vetoed). (ref 1)
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Voting
Rights &
"Quality of
Votes" |
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In 2021,
during
national
debates over
election
security,
Kavanagh
drew
widespread
criticism
for telling
CNN, "Everybody
shouldn't be
voting,"
adding that
while
quantity is
important,
"we have to
look at the
quality
of votes
as well".
(ref 1)
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Criticism:
Opponents,
including
Representative
Athena
Salman,
compared
his
rhetoric
to Jim
Crow-era
voter
suppression.
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Policy:
He has
consistently
sponsored
bills to
purge
the
Permanent
Early
Voting
List and
require
identification
for
dropping
off
mail-in
ballots.
(ref 1)
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Direct
Testimony of
Harm |
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During
legislative
hearings,
community
members have
testified
about the
personal
impact of
his work: |
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Atmosphere
of
Exclusion:
Transgender
advocates
have
stated
that
Kavanagh's
proposals
create
an
"atmosphere
of
exclusion,
alienation,
and
disenfranchisement".
(ref 1)
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Hostility
at the
Capitol:
Transgender
students
have
reported
experiencing
transphobia
directly
from
lawmakers
at the
state
Capitol,
describing
Kavanagh's
conduct
in
meetings
as
"rude"
and
"disrespectful".
(ref 1)
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GLSEN
Rating:
GLSEN
Arizona
gave
Kavanagh
an "F"
score on
its 2024
Legislative
Session
Report
Card for
his lack
of
support
for
LGBTQIA+
students.
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Kavanagh's
Defense |
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Kavanagh
maintains
that his
actions are
not rooted
in hate but
are intended
to protect
"parental
rights"
and a
"natural
sense of
modesty". He
argues that
parents have
a right to
be informed
of their
child's
gender
identity and
that his
bills
provide a
balance for
cisgender
students'
privacy. He
has
dismissed
criticism of
his bills as
being out of
step with
what he
believes a
majority of
voters want.
(ref 1)
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As Arizona
Schools Face
Funding And
Teacher
Shortages,
Republicans
Advance
Measure
Attacking
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"The
proposed law
would
prohibit
teachers and
public
school
employees
from
referring to
a student by
a name or
pronoun
different
from the one
that aligns
with the
student’s
biological
sex, without
first
gaining
parent
permission,
and push
schools to
“police”
their
bathrooms
and locker
rooms.
Senate
Concurrent
Resolution
1006 passed
through the
Republican-controlled
state Senate
on Feb. 23,
and House
lawmakers on
the
Republican-controlled
House
Education
committee
passed the
measure on
March 3. It
would add to
the long
list of
ballot
referrals
sent to
voters on
this year’s
November
ballot, if
it passes a
floor vote
in the
Republican-controlled
state House.
The
proposal,
from Sen.
John
Kavanagh
(R-Fountain
Hills), is
nearly
identical to
legislation
he has
pushed for
the past
three years,
which either
failed to
pass in the
legislature
or was
vetoed by
Democratic
Gov. Katie
Hobbs." |
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Some LGBTQ+
Arizonans
Are Avoiding
The State
Capitol For
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"More than
ten years
ago, Keppler
first went
to the state
Capitol to
testify
against one
of
Republican
Sen. John
Kavanagh's
“bathroom
bills” that
would force
students to
use gendered
bathrooms
based on
their sex
assigned at
birth." |
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Feb. 28,
2025 |
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Arizona Senator
Would Make Life Hell
For Vulnerable
Students (Again) |
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"Senate Bill 1002,
sponsored by
Republican Sen.
John Kavanagh,
is essentially a
redo of a bill he
introduced last
year. It would
prohibit school
employees from
addressing any
student under 18 by
a “pronoun that
differs from the
pronoun that aligns
with the student’s
biological sex”
without written
permission from the
student’s parents.
It also allows
employees and
contractors to
ignore the kid’s
wishes if it
violates their
“religious or moral
convictions.”" |
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Jan. 30, 2025 |
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Arizona Republicans
Ban Public From
Attending
Controversial
Immigration Bill
Vote, In Possible
Violation Of State
Law |
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"Republican Sen.
Warren Petersen
then ordered the
gallery to be
cleared and
was advised by
Republican Sen.
John Kavanagh to
have everyone in the
gallery arrested for
“disrupting the
legislature.”
This only further
incensed the crowd,
who began to chant,
“stop the hate!”" |
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Jun. 4, 2024 |
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Arizona House Moves Forward With
Bill For 'Same Sex' Showers In
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"State
lawmakers are moving to forbid
public school students to shower
with anyone other than those who
have the same sex organs. But foes
said this is a problem that really
doesn’t exist. And beyond that, they
said the remedy offered for
transgender students whose gender
identity does not match their
assigned sex — a private place to
shower — is likely unworkable as
schools simply don’t have such
facilities." [ . . . ] "Rep. Seth
Blattman, D-Mesa, said Republicans
have “an obsession with sexual
organs.” He pointed out Kavanagh also
is the sponsor of another measure
that would require schools to notify
parents if a student seeks to be
addressed by a pronoun that differs
from his or her biological sex." |
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Mar. 27,
2024 |
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Arizona Senate: Schools Must Tell
Parents About Students' Gender
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"The
Republican-led state Senate voted
Monday to force teachers to “out’’
students, to their parents, who want
to be identified by a different
gender. Sen. John
Kavanagh,
R-Fountain Hills, said parents have
a right to know so they can get
their children mental health
treatment for their “gender
dysphoria.’’" |
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Feb. 26,
2024 |
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Proposals Targeting Trans Students,
Revised Versions Of Measures Vetoed
Last Year, Advance In Legislature |
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A legislative
committee advanced three proposals
targeting transgender youth on
Wednesday. All
were sponsored by John
Kavanagh, R-Fountain
Hills, and passed the Senate
Education Committee on a party-line
vote, with Democrats opposed. Two
bills were modified versions of
legislation Kavanagh introduced last
year and were vetoed by Gov. Katie
Hobbs. The governor called them
"harmful legislation directed at
transgender youth" and said that she
would veto anything that “aims to
attack and harm children.” |
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Feb. 8,
2024 |
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Proposed Legislation Would Require
Parents To Know Child's Pronoun
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"The Arizona
State Senate Education Committee
will be considering legislation that
would require parents to be notified
if their child begins going by
different pronouns from their
biological sex while at school.
Senate Bill 1166, sponsored by Sen. John
Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills,
would also apply to the use of a
different first name that is not
their first or middle name on
"official school records," excluding
"commonly associated" nicknames. In
addition, the proposed legislation
would make sure schools cannot force
staffers, whether they're employees
or independent contractors, to use a
student's preferred pronouns
different from their sex assigned at
birth if they have "religious or
moral convictions" against doing so.
It would only apply to students who
are under 18 years old." |
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Feb. 5,
2024 |
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John
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Conscience Rights for
Professionals: Prohibiting the government
from denying required licensure or
certification to individuals because of
their religious or political beliefs.
(That good old
fashioned "Religious Freedom") |
SUPPORT |
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Conscience Rights for
Faith-Based Organizations: Exempting
faith-based organizations (e.g.
adoption/foster care providers, private
schools) from regulations that cause them to
violate their sincerely held religious
beliefs.
(Discrimination against members of the
LGBTQIA+ community) |
SUPPORT |
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Privacy in Financial
Giving: Protecting confidential donor
information so individuals are able to
privately support charities and causes of
their choice without fear of being doxed.
(Dark money doesn't
like being exposed to the light of day) |
SUPPORT |
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Parental Rights in Gender
Identity Counseling: Allowing parents to
obtain professional counseling for a child
struggling with gender confusion to help the
child find comfort with his or her
biological sex.
(The dangerous and
disproven "Reparative Therapy) |
SUPPORT |
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9. (a) |
Protected Class for
Sexual Orientation: Elevating “sexual
orientation” to a protected class alongside
race, religion, sex, age, and disability in
nondiscrimination law. |
OPPOSE |
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9. (b) |
Protected Class for
Gender Identity: Elevating “gender identity”
to a protected class alongside race,
religion, sex, age, and disability in
nondiscrimination law.
(GASP! How could they
survive if they weren't able to
discriminate???) |
OPPOSE |
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Medical
Rights
of
Conscience:
Protecting
health
care
workers
from
losing
their
jobs if
they
decline
to
participate
in a
procedure
or
treatment
that
violates
their
personal
beliefs
and
conscience.
(Transgender
transitioning) |
SUPPORT |
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Women’s Privacy:
Preventing males who identify as female from
entering sex-separated spaces intended for
females, such as showers, locker rooms,
bathrooms, dormitories, women’s shelters,
prisons, etc.
(Just another way of
discriminating against the Transgendered) |
SUPPORT |
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Source |
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For more information on "The Alliance
Defending Freedom" |
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Fanatical Republican Extremist Of
The Day: John Kavanagh - 2023 Update |
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"a man who
proudly roasted his good pal,
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio, by forgetting at a roast
you harass the guest of honor, and
instead, chose to make a series of
racially insensitive jokes at the
expense of Hispanics. Kavanagh is
also a big beneficiary of the prison
industrial complex, having once been
labeled by John Oliver on Last Week
Tonight as a man who Satan waits in
hell for, sharpening his pitchfork,
because he defended Arizona's prison
hospitals showing pure sugar into a
woman's c-section surgical wound as
a story that "should be taken with a
grain of salt, or in this case, a
grain of sugar". Kavanagh is also
wildly anti-immigrant, supporting
SB1070, and wanting birthright
citizenship granted by the 14th
Amendment to be ignored. He's
widening his portfolio of bigotry
over time, though, trying to create
a bill to criminalize transgender
individuals from using the "wrong"
bathroom." |
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Dec. 11,
2023 |
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The anti-Drag Storey
Time Bill. This bill
would apply only to
libraries and other
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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. |
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Arizona Senate Panel
Ignores Own Attorney,
OKs Bills Attacking
Trans Students And Drag
Queens |
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Elias Weiss / Phoenix
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Mar. 1, 2023 |
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"Relentless Republicans
advanced three
anti-LGBTQ bills to the
full Arizona Senate on
Monday despite warnings
that the bills might be
unconstitutional. |
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Senate Rules Attorney
Chris Kleminich warned
the Senate Rules
Committee that SB 1001,
which targets
transgender children in
schools, and SB 1026 and
SB 1698, two weapons in
the GOP’s war on drag
queens, weren’t likely
to be upheld in a court
of law. |
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SB
1001, sponsored by
Republican Senator John
Kavanagh, prohibits
teachers and school
officials from referring
to students by pronouns
that don't match their
assigned gender at birth
unless they have written
parental permission.
That bill moved forward
in the Senate Education
Committee in January." |
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"Despite Kleminich’s
admonition, Republicans
advanced the bill to the
full Senate with a 4-3
vote. Republican
Senators Warren
Petersen, Sonny
Borrelli, Sine
Kerr, and T.J.
Shope voted to
advance the bill.
Democratic Senators Lela
Alston, Catherine
Miranda, and Raquel
Terán voted against it." |
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"Kavanagh, who has been
attacking LGBTQ people
in Arizona for the past
decade and who has a
habit of authoring
unconstitutional bills,
also sponsored SB 1026,
which would prohibit
public money from being
used to pay for “drag
shows targeting
minors.”" |
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"The Fountain Hills
Republican sponsored SB
1026 despite telling
Phoenix New Times that
he can’t think of an
instance in which
taxpayer dollars were
used to put on a drag
show for children in
Arizona. The bill
defines public money as
“tax monies of this
state, federal monies
passing through the
state treasury, or any
other state monies." It
was passed by the Senate
Government Committee on
February 9." |
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Sex Obsessed GOP
Lawmakers Advance Bill
Targeting Drag Shows |
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"State Senator John
Kavanagh, a Fountain
Hills Republican who is
leading the rush to
erase drag from public
life, sponsored SB 1026
despite admitting in a
recent interview with
Phoenix New Times that
he can’t think of a
single instance in which
taxpayer dollars were
ever used to put on a
drag show for kids in
Arizona. The bill
defines public money as
“tax monies of this
state, federal monies
passing through the
state treasury or any
other state monies.” |
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On a
5-3 party-line vote, the
Senate Government
Committee approved the
bill. Republican
Senators Jake
Hoffman, Wendy
Rogers, David
Farnsworth, Justine
Wadsack, and Janae
Shamp voted in favor
of the proposal.
Democratic Senators
Priya Sundareshan, Juan
Mendez, and Eva Diaz
voted against it."" |
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"SB
1026 is one of at least
seven legislative
proposals targeting
Arizona’s LGBTQ people.
Another of Kavanagh’s
bills, SB 1001,
prohibits teachers and
school officials from
referring to students by
pronouns that don't
match their gender
assigned at birth unless
they have written
parental permission.
That bill moved forward
in the Arizona Senate in
January. SB 1028,
sponsored by Senator
Anthony Kern, makes it
illegal to host drag
performances at places
where the show “could be
viewed by a minor.” The
Senate Judiciary
Committee approved the
bill on February 4. |
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During public testimony
on Wednesday, Kavanagh
mocked a member of the
public who spoke against
the proposed bills.
Although each speaker
was given 90 seconds to
speak, Kavanaugh
flippantly snapped his
fingers and thumb
together repeatedly to
suggest a mouth talking.
He later made the
gesture at Hoffman, the
committee chair, who
laughed and grinned.
Hoffman, who also chairs
the right-wing Arizona
Freedom Caucus, has
threatened to sue
Governor Katie Hobbs
over an LGBTQ-inclusive
executive order banning
discrimination in hiring
and employment at state
agencies" |
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Drag Shows, Pronouns
Targeted By Arizona
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Jan. 9, 2023 |
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"Two
Republican Arizona
lawmakers are opening
the legislative session
by seeking to restrict
drag shows. |
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State
Sen. Anthony
Kern has filed one
bill that would ban drag
performances during
certain hours -- aimed
primarily at quashing
drag brunches -- and
another that would
prohibit them on public
property or any location
where they could be
viewed by a minor. Sen. John
Kavanagh has chimed
in with a bill to ban
the use of state funds
for drag shows targeting
minors. |
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Kern's Senate Bill 1030
would stipulate that a
drag show could not take
place between 1 a.m. and
8 a.m. Monday through
Saturday or between 1
a.m. and noon Sundays.
It would put drag shows
in the same category as
performances featuring
nudity. Violation would
be a misdemeanor. His
bill dealing with
locations, SB 1028, also
would put drag shows in
that category and would
make the first violation
a misdemeanor and
subsequent ones a
felony. Kavanagh's SB
1026 would prevent state
funds from being
distributed to any
violator for 36 months
after the violation." |
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Kavanagh Proposes
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"State lawmakers
are once again wading into the area
of the rights of transgender minors.
A new proposal by Sen. John
Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills,
would bar school employees from
knowingly referring to a student by
a pronoun “that differs from the
pronoun that aligns with the
student’s biological sex” regardless
of the student’s preferences. Only
if the adult first gets parental
permission would that be
permissible. And Kavanagh already is
planning to expand what has been
introduced as SB 1001 to close what
he sees as a possible loophole where
teachers could avoid pronouns and
instead address a student by the
first name he or she prefers. He
wants state law to read that only a
student’s given name or some variant
could be used. So someone named
Edward could be addressed as Eddie
or Ed. But calling that student Emma
or Evelyn would be breaking the
law." |
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Center for Arizona
Policy |
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2022 Survey Questions
For Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought: State
Senate District 3 |
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Question 2: Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or “gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes of
race,
religion,
age, sex,
and ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose. |
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Question 4: Allowing
biological
males that
identify as
transgender
to play on
female
sports’
teams. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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Question 8: Allowing
parents to
seek
professional
counseling
for their
minor child
with
same-sex
attraction
or gender
identity
issues.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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Question 9: 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.** |
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Candidates'
Position: Support. |
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* This
is in
reference to
the
dangerous
and
disproven
"Reparative
Therapy". |
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**Discriminatory
"Religious
Freedom"
laws. |
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In other words, as
PROVEN by this bill,
Republicans and
ammosexuals find it
wrong to discriminate
against inanimate
objects but have no
problem discriminating
against people. |
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Arizona Legislator Sparks Outcry
Over Comments About Afghan Refugees |
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"In a video on
Twitter, Kavanagh is standing
in front of a hotel where about 300
refugees are staying. He says they
are “roaming” the community of
Scottsdale and may not have been
properly vetted before arriving." |
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Feb. 2,
2022 |
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John
Kavanagh |
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4. |
Conscience Rights for
Professionals: Prohibiting the government
from denying required licensure or
certification to individuals because of
their religious or political beliefs.
(That good old
fashioned "Religious Freedom") |
SUPPORT |
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Conscience Rights for
Faith-Based Organizations: Exempting
faith-based organizations (e.g.
adoption/foster care providers, private
schools) from regulations that cause them to
violate their sincerely held religious
beliefs.
(Discrimination against members of the
LGBTQIA+ community) |
SUPPORT |
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7. |
Privacy in Financial
Giving: Protecting confidential donor
information so individuals are able to
privately support charities and causes of
their choice without fear of being doxed.
(Dark money doesn't
like being exposed to the light of day) |
SUPPORT |
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8. |
Women’s Sports:
Preventing males who identify as female from
competing in women’s sports. |
SUPPORT |
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Gender Identity
Counseling: Allowing parents to obtain
professional counseling for children
struggling with gender identity issues to
help them reach their desired outcome. |
SUPPORT |
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10 (a) |
Protected Class for
Sexual Orientation: Adding “sexual
orientation” as a protected class alongside
race, religion, sex, age, and disability in
nondiscrimination law. |
OPPOSE |
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10 (b) |
Protected
Class
for
Gender
Identity:
Adding
“gender
identity”
as a
protected
class
alongside
race,
religion,
sex,
age, and
disability
in
nondiscrimination
law. |
OPPOSE |
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15. |
Medical Rights of
Conscience: Allowing health care workers
and providers the freedom to practice
medicine in accordance with their personal
beliefs and conscience. |
SUPPORT |
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For more information on "The Alliance
Defending Freedom" |
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Arizona Republican Lawmaker
Unwittingly Exposes Election Reform
Scam |
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"We’re moving forward to do bills to
correct problems that came up during
the election that need to be solved,
regardless of whether there was
actual fraud or nonexistent fraud,” Kavanagh said." |
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Apr. 27,
2021 |
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Apr. 23,
2021 |
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White Patrician Elitist Rep. John
Kavanagh Says ‘Everybody Shouldn’t
Be Voting’ |
"There’s a
fundamental difference between
Democrats and Republicans,” he said.
“Democrats value as many people as
possible voting [democracy!], and
they’re willing to risk fraud
[false!]. Republicans are more
concerned about [nonexistent] fraud
[Debunking the Voter Fraud Myth], so
we don’t mind putting security [voter
suppression] measures in that won’t
let everybody vote — but everybody
shouldn’t be voting." |
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Mar. 11,
2021 |
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Center for Arizona
Policy |
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2020 Survey Questions
For Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought: State
Representative LD-23 |
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Question 2: Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or “gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes of
race,
religion,
age, sex,
and ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose. |
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Question 4: Allowing
biological
males that
identify as
transgender
to play on
female
sports’
teams. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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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.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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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.** |
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Candidates'
Position: Support. |
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* This
is in
reference to
the
dangerous
and
disproven
"Reparative
Therapy". |
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**Discriminatory
"Religious
Freedom"
laws. |
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Who Are The Republicans Attacking
Arizona’s Education? |
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"Proposition 208 passed during the
2020 general election, and received
1,675,810 votes, with approximately
52% of the vote and also received
more votes than President-Elect Joe
Biden, or Donald
Trump did this election ... Now,
there is a group of Republican
politicians that are teaming up with
one another to find any possible way
to undermine the education funding
initiative–including a joint lawsuit
attempting to challenge the
constitutionality of the
education-funding proposition. This
Republican coalition to invalidate
the Invest in Education initiative
includes Republicans from both
legislative chambers, and even
statewide politicians." |
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Dec. 7,
2020 |
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Battle Lines Drawn In Arizona Gay
Discrimination Case |
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"The case centers
on a Phoenix wedding invitation
business that preemptively sued
Phoenix over its non-discrimination
ordinance, which includes sexual
orientation. The business owners
argue making invitations for
same-sex weddings goes against their
religious beliefs and the city’s law
would force them to do that." |
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Dec. 24,
2018 |
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Arizona ALEC Politicians -
SourceWatch |
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Sep. 21,
2018 |
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Center for Arizona
Policy |
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2018 Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought: State
Representative LD-23 |
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Question 4: Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or “gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes of
race,
religion,
age, sex,
and ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose. |
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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.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support. |
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* This
is in
reference to
the
dangerous
and
disproven
"Reparative
Therapy". |
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Arizona Lawmaker's Proposal May Make
It Harder To Enact Voter-Initiated
Legislation |
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Jan. 4,
2018 |
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Arizona Bill Punishes Even Peaceful
Protesters When Events Turn
Violent |
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"If the bill
becomes law, prosecutors could seize
the assets of protesters, even if
they didn't participate in any
violence. The bill would add rioting
to the list of offenses that could
be charged under Arizona's Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organization
laws." |
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Feb. 23,
2017 |
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Lawmaker Wants
To Make It Easier To Deny “Unduly
Burdensome” Public Records Requests |
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"State lawmakers
are making a new bid to make it
easier for public officials to deny
requests for records they believe
are “unduly burdensome or
harassing.” The proposal by Sen. John
Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills,
leaves in place existing
requirements for records to be open
to public inspection. And it spells
out that those who are denied access
can sue and recover their legal
fees. But SB 1019 adds a requirement
that the records sought be
identified with “reasonable
particularity.” Potentially more
significant, it provides public
officials with the ability to claim
that “the request for access to
public records is unduly burdensome
or harassing.”" |
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Dec. 24,
2016 |
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Center for Arizona
Policy |
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2016 Survey Questions
For Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought: State
Senate LD-23 |
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Question 4: Adding
"sexual
orientation,"
"gender
identity,"
or "gender
expression"
to the
protected
classes of
race,
religion,
age, sex,
and ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose. |
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Question 6: Prohibiting
government
from
discriminating
against an
individual,
organization,
or small
business
based on
their
beliefs
about
marriage.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support. |
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Question
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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Candidates'
Position: Oppose. |
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* Discriminatory
"Religious
Freedom"
laws. |
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Roll Call: Who Supported Expanding
Dark Money In Arizona? |
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Jul. 18,
2016 |
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John Kavanagh, Arizona State
Representative, Defends Transgender
Bathroom Bill |
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"The Arizona
state legislator who received
national attention for promoting a
harsh anti-transgender bill aimed at
prosecuting transgender people for
using a public restroom if their
gender appearance didn't match the
gender on their identification said
yesterday that his effort is indeed
“targeting” transgender people" |
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Feb. 2,
2016 |
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Arizona GOPer Wants To Criminalize
Filming Within 20 Feet Of Police |
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"Under Kavanagh’s
bill, a first offense would result
in a $300 fine while further
violations could send offenders to
jail for up to six months" |
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Jan. 8,
2016 |
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Sen. John Kavanagh Is Lying To Your
Face About The Education Budget |
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Mar. 6,
2015 |
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Center for Arizona
Policy |
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2014 Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought: State
Senate LD-23 |
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Question 9: Arizona’s
voter-approved
constitutional
definition
of marriage
should be
defended to
the fullest
extent
legally
possible. |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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Question
11: Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or “gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes of
race,
religion,
age, sex,
and ancestry
in
antidiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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Question
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.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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* Discriminatory
"Religious
Freedom"
laws. |
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Crazy/Stupid Republican Of The Day —
John Kavanagh |
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Dec. 10,
2014 |
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John Kavanagh's Support Of SB 1062
And SB 1070, And His Offensive
Remarks About Latinos |
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Mar. 3,
2014 |
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Latinos Are Punch Line At Joe Arpaio
Roast |
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"Arizona State
Rep. John Kavanagh, a
Republican from the Scottsdale area,
had conservatives chortling with one
joke after another about racial
profiling, “rounding up Hispanics”
and much more. For good measure, he
mocked the controversy around SB
1062, the so-called religious
freedom bill, taking a shot at
Muslims in the process. And he
mocked the federal monitor appointed
to oversee Sheriff Arpaio’s
operations after a judge determined
that his department engaged in
racial profiling and illegal
detentions of Latinos." |
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Feb. 26,
2014 |
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John Kavanagh Defends His Trips To
Commie China And Azerbaijan |
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Jan. 23,
2014 |
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This law would allow
people to sue over an
“impending violation” of
religious liberty, (such
as serving or treating a
person perceived to be
LGBTQ) as opposed to
waiting until after the
attack has occurred. It
protects the practice or
observance of all
religions, including
actions motivated by
religious beliefs,
against state and local
laws or policies. |
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Arizona Lawmakers Keep Pushing For
Anti-Trans Bill |
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"After seven
hours of testimony that stretched
into Wednesday evening, an Arizona
State House committee approved
legislation that would bar
transgender people from using the
bathroom that corresponds with their
gender identity, reports the
Associated Press. The state-level
legislation seeks to override local
antidiscrimination policies that
already protect transgender people.
The Arizona House Appropriations
Committee voted 7-4, along party
lines, to advance committee chairman
Rep. John Kavanagh's Senate
Bill 1045." |
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Mar. 28,
2013 |
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Is John Kavanagh Arizona's Worst
Legislator? |
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"Republican
Representative John Kavanagh of
Fountain Hills has had quite the
legislative session thus far. He
kicked it off by announcing his
support for repealing Arizona's
voter-approved medical marijuana
law, followed it up with vocal
support of a bill that would protect
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio in the event of a recall
election, and most recently, he's
gone "bathroom birther" -- proposing
that people use their birth
certificate to prove they're using
the correct public restroom." |
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Mar. 20,
2013 |
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Center for Arizona
Policy |
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2012 Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought: State
Representative LD-23 |
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Question 9: Amending
the United
States
Constitution
to define
marriage as
the union of
one man and
one woman. |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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Question
11: Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or “gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes of
race,
religion,
age, sex,
and ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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Question
15: Protecting
professionals
from being
required to
provide
services
that violate
their moral
or religious
beliefs.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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* Discriminatory
"Religious
Freedom"
laws. |
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PLEASE NOTE: A
"Yes" vote would allow
ranch dogs to be
neglected or abandoned,
killed and tortured. It
would allow the owner
of a ranch dog to
inflict unnecessary
injury to the animal and
not provide medical
attention. |
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AZ. Rep. John Kavanagh: Working Hard
To Keep Us Stupid |
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Kavanagh’s
HB 2675 is just one more shot fired
in the GOP’s war to privatize
everything. |
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Feb. 27,
2012 |
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Humpday Hall Of Shame: Arizona's
John Kavanagh |
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Aug. 3,
2011 |
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Arizona Rep Backpedals On Effort to
Remove Sikh Man From 9/11 Memorial |
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"Earlier this
year, Kavanagh introduced
House Bill 2230, which would remove
panels containing 11 phrases that
Kavanagh considers offensive from an
Arizona 9/11 memorial. Among the
phrases proposed to be removed was
the name of Balbir Singh Sodhi, a
Sikh man who owned a gas station in
Mesa and was killed on September 15,
2001. His murderer, who is currently
serving a life sentence, mistook
Singh Sodhi’s turban for Arab garb
and also fired at two other Middle
Eastern targets that day. Kavanagh
said he believed the memorial should
be limited only to victims of the
events of 9/11, not the aftermath" |
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Apr. 27,
2011 |
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Sponsor Of Arizona Citizenship Bill
Hopes It Prompts Lawsuit |
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"The Arizona
state legislator who co-sponsored
the latest immigration crackdown
proposal -- to end citizenship for
U.S.-born kids of illegal immigrants
-- told CNN Friday that he hopes the
legislation will provoke a lawsuit
so that the U.S. Supreme Court "can
end the controversy over the true
meaning of the 14th Amendment's
citizenship clause."" |
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Jan. 29,
2011 |
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Arizona Bill Would Deny Citizenship
To Children Of Illegal Immigrants |
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"John Kavanagh, a Republican
state representative from Arizona
who supports the proposed law aimed
at so-called "anchor babies," said
that the concept does not conflict
with the U.S. Constitution." |
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Jun. 16,
2010 |
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Center for Arizona
Policy |
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2012 Candidate
Questionnaire |
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Position Sought: State
Representative LD-23 |
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Question 9: Amending
the United
States
Constitution
to define
marriage as
only the
union of one
man and one
woman. |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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Question
12: Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or “gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes of
race,
religion,
age, sex,
and ancestry
in
antidiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose |
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Question
15: Protecting
professionals
from being
required to
provide
services
that violate
their moral
or religious
beliefs.* |
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Candidates'
Position: Support |
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* Discriminatory
"Religious
Freedom"
laws. |
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Center for Arizona
Policy |
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2006 Survey Questions
For Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought: State
Representative LD-8 |
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Question
7: Amending
the United
States
Constitution
to define
marriage as
the union of
one man and
one woman. |
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Candidates'
Position: Support. |
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Question
8: .
Adding
“sexual
orientation”
to the
protected
classes of
race,
religion,
age, sex,
and ancestry
in
antidiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position: Oppose. |
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