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Arkansas governor cites his son while rejecting religious freedom bill. That says it all.

Posted on AllSides April 1st, 2015
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In his announcement Wednesday that he wouldn't sign a "religious freedom" bill that had reached his desk, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) offered a personal example of the contentiousness of the issue.

"My son Seth signed the petition asking me to veto the bill," he said.

Given Hutchinson's son's politics, that's not a big surprise. Seth Hutchinson is an organizer with the Texas State Employees Union and has been "a progressive since college days," according to this Arkansas Times story.

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