Arizona Lawyers Attempt to Reject LGBT Clients

Our friends over at JaySays.com has posted a great read about the Arizona Bar Association’s attempt to include “sexual orientation” into the oath that practicing Arizona attorneys must abide by.

According to the post:

The Arizona Bar Association proposed changing the lawyers creed [pledge] to include sexual orientation and to read as follows:

I will not permit considerations of gender, race, religion, age, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, or social standing to influence my duty of care.

As if echoing the recently signed “Right of Conscious” Legislation allowing doctors to deny patients care due to moral reservations, a group of 30 lawyers from the Alliance Defense Fund (”ADF”) make claims that the proposal is “unconstitutional” and would require them to represent clients they find immoral. [On a personal note, does anyone else find it ironic that lawyers are concerned with morality?]

Read the entire post by clicking here and make sure you check back with JaySays for updates on this story.