Tom Cushing, a production expert at Fast Signs, cuts down ...

AP FILE PHOTO, FEB. 26 | published: February 28, 2014

Tom Cushing, a production expert at Fast Signs, cuts down a sheet of anti-Senate Bill 1062 signs that read “Open For Business To Everyone,” in Phoenix. Voicing concern for their employees, customers and bottom lines, prominent companies from American Airlines to Verizon used threats of reduced business to help persuade Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to veto legislation that would have allowed businesses to refuse service to gays based on the owner’s religious beliefs.