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| Virginia governor vetoes religious protection bill |
McAuliffe, a Democrat, said the admeasurement accustomed by the Republican-controlled assembly was actionable and would drive business abroad from the state.
"Although couched as a 'religious freedom' bill, this legislation is annihilation added than an attack to stigmatize," he said in a statement.
The Republicans do not accept abundant votes in the state's General Assembly to override the veto.
The bill would accept accepted ministers and others empowered to wed humans the appropriate to abjure alliance casework to same-sex couples if assuming them would breach their religious beliefs.
McAuliffe's move comes just canicule afterwards Georgia's Republican governor said he would veto a agnate bill afterwards the admeasurement drew civic criticism..
Similar measures in states such as Indiana and Arkansas sparked criticism endure year, banishment abounding assembly to retreat. North Carolina is aswell seeing protests over a new law that confined transgender humans from allotment bathrooms constant with their gender identity.
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