The Republican governor, who was still on the East Coast on Monday, remained noncommittal about how she will act on the legislation.
Meanwhile, a tidal wave of opposition grew, her closest friends and allies echoed that opposition, and three Republican state senators who voted for the bill, including one of its co-sponsors, said they regretted their votes and urged her to nix the legislation.
Brewer said her office had received more than 10,000 calls and e-mails about SB 1062.
“I certainly haven’t made up my mind,” Brewer told The Arizona Republic during a break at the winter conference of the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C. “I need to get back (to Arizona) and hear from people.”
Brewer returns to Phoenix today and has meetings scheduled for Wednesday about SB 1062, which would expand religious protections in state law in a way that critics claim would be discriminatory against gays and lesbians.
The governor will meet with people on both sides of the debate before making a decision, although she did not say who was on her schedule: “There are always two sides to a story,” she said.
She has until the end of the day on Saturday to sign the bill, veto it or allow it to become law without her signature.
