"It's as basic as religious freedom. You could say that it might be preemptive, after we saw what has taken place in other states, but we think it's nothing more and nothing less than protecting religious freedom in our state," Melvin claimed. The other states he's referring to could possibly be Kansas, South Dakota, Idaho and Tennessee, who attempted to pass similar bills but failed.

Melvin went on to say that it was "not a discrimination bill, but a religious freedom bill." He said he doesn't "know of anybody in Arizona who would discriminate against a fellow human being" and "more people friendly here." And when Cooper attempts to apply the religious logic to, say, unwed mothers or divorcees, Melvin called the analogies "farfetched."

"All of the pillars of society are under attack in the United States. The family, the traditional family, the traditional marriage, mainline churches, the Boy Scouts, you name it, all of the pillars of society as we know it today are under attack, including religious freedom," Melvin ranted.

To which Cooper simply asked, once again, "Who's attacking it, in Arizona?"

And once again, Melvin had no response.

"You can't cite one example where religious freedom is under attack in Arizona," Cooper shot back. "If you can't cite in the entire history of Arizona, one case where religious freedom has been under attack, or even in the past year, is this really the most important thing for you to be working on right now?"

Arizona's Republican governor, Jan Brewer, will now "listen to both sides" before she decides whether to sign the bill into law or veto it. The decision should come by the end of the week.