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Saturday, March 28th, 2015

Pence: No Real Justification for New Anti-Gay Law

Author:     Daniel Strauss
Source:     Talking Point Memo
Publication Date:     March 26, 2015, 3:45 PM EDT
 Link: Pence: No Real Justification for New Anti-Gay Law
Stephan:   The anti-LGBT law passed and signed into law by Indiana Governor Mike Pence, one of a series of such laws is generating a considerable backlash, and should. I see these laws as part of the Great Schism Trend that is splitting us into two countries. The response, to boycott these states I support, but I do so recognizing that this too will further exacerbate the schism trend.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence holds a news conference at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Pence has signed into law a religious objections bill that some convention organizers and business leaders have opposed amid concern it could allow discrimination against gay people. Credit: AP Michael Conroy

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence holds a news conference at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Pence has signed into law a religious objections bill that some convention organizers and business leaders have opposed amid concern it could allow discrimination against gay people.
Credit: AP Michael Conroy

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) was pressed by conservative radio host if something happened in Indiana to justify signing an anti-gay religious freedom bill into law. Pence said he wasn’t aware of any recent examples.

“I’m not aware of cases and controversies. I mean as I travel around the state one thing I know for sure —Hoosier hospitality is the greatest in the nation. Hoosiers are loving, caring, generous to a fault,” Pence said in an interview with […]

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