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IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE GAY COMMUNITY, VOTE!
9 years ago
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Trump's VP nominee Mike Pence has tried to make getting a marriage licence in his state a felony offence for gay couples. DON'T LET HIM WIN THE ELECTION AND RISE TO POWER OVER US ALL!
from MediaMatters.org on Mike Pence-
Pence Has A Long History Of Anti-LGBT Activism. Pence has staunchly opposed LGBT rights since the 1990s, when he was a board member for the Indiana Family Institute (IFI), which advocates for “religious liberty” and opposes what it calls “so-called same-sex ‘marriage.’” Pence is still closely connected to IFI and regularly speaks at the group’s events. During his 12-year tenure in Congress, Pence opposed workplace nondiscrimination protections based on sexual orientation, opposed efforts to expand the definition of a hate crime to include crimes based on sexual orientation, outspokenly championed a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, and opposed the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” [IndyStar, 1/13/16; Indiana Family Institute, accessed 7/11/16]
Pence Signed Indiana’s Notorious Anti-LGBT “Religious Freedom” Bill Into Law. In March 2015, Pence signed into law his state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which provided a legal defense for individuals and businesses who cite their religious beliefs while discriminating against LGBT people. The law triggered a furious national backlash, with major companies, celebrities, and government leaders condemning the measure for potentially encouraging discrimination against LGBT Hoosiers. Pence and top Indiana Republicans eventually pledged to "clarify" the law by adding language that prevents RFRA from being used as a defense for anti-LGBT discrimination in court. [Media Matters, 4/2/15]
Pence Was Surrounded By Anti-LGBT Extremists When He Signed The Bill Into Law. At least four leading anti-LGBT activists surrounded Pence when he signed the “religious freedom” bill into law. The activists included Micah Clark, head of the American Family Association of Indiana, who once compared a license plate benefiting an LGBT youth center to one that promotes smoking; Curt Smith, president of the Indiana Family Institute, who refers to the facts about the hate-crime murder of gay teen Matthew Shepard as gay “propaganda”; Eric Miller, executive director of Advance America, who once distributed a flier falsely claiming that legalizing same-sex marriage would cause pastors to be arrested for preaching against “homosexuality”; and Kellie Fiedorek, litigation counsel to Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization that has worked internationally to criminalize gay sex. [GLAAD, 3/30/15; Media Matters, 4/16/15]
from MediaMatters.org on Mike Pence-
Pence Has A Long History Of Anti-LGBT Activism. Pence has staunchly opposed LGBT rights since the 1990s, when he was a board member for the Indiana Family Institute (IFI), which advocates for “religious liberty” and opposes what it calls “so-called same-sex ‘marriage.’” Pence is still closely connected to IFI and regularly speaks at the group’s events. During his 12-year tenure in Congress, Pence opposed workplace nondiscrimination protections based on sexual orientation, opposed efforts to expand the definition of a hate crime to include crimes based on sexual orientation, outspokenly championed a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, and opposed the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” [IndyStar, 1/13/16; Indiana Family Institute, accessed 7/11/16]
Pence Signed Indiana’s Notorious Anti-LGBT “Religious Freedom” Bill Into Law. In March 2015, Pence signed into law his state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which provided a legal defense for individuals and businesses who cite their religious beliefs while discriminating against LGBT people. The law triggered a furious national backlash, with major companies, celebrities, and government leaders condemning the measure for potentially encouraging discrimination against LGBT Hoosiers. Pence and top Indiana Republicans eventually pledged to "clarify" the law by adding language that prevents RFRA from being used as a defense for anti-LGBT discrimination in court. [Media Matters, 4/2/15]
Pence Was Surrounded By Anti-LGBT Extremists When He Signed The Bill Into Law. At least four leading anti-LGBT activists surrounded Pence when he signed the “religious freedom” bill into law. The activists included Micah Clark, head of the American Family Association of Indiana, who once compared a license plate benefiting an LGBT youth center to one that promotes smoking; Curt Smith, president of the Indiana Family Institute, who refers to the facts about the hate-crime murder of gay teen Matthew Shepard as gay “propaganda”; Eric Miller, executive director of Advance America, who once distributed a flier falsely claiming that legalizing same-sex marriage would cause pastors to be arrested for preaching against “homosexuality”; and Kellie Fiedorek, litigation counsel to Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization that has worked internationally to criminalize gay sex. [GLAAD, 3/30/15; Media Matters, 4/16/15]
I know it's early in the election, but I really did not think we had that many rednecks in this country...