Re:The sneering response to Trump’s victory reveals exactly ...
by gingerrr on Thursday November 10, 2016 @04:47PM
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Pence is the real LGBTQ scare factor for this new administration. In 2000 he ran on the platform of redirecting HIV/AIDS treatment funding to conversion therapy [1], among many many other anti-LGBT comments and promises, and continued during his governorship to attempt to legislate bigotry against LGBT people (like banning gay marriage and promoting "religious freedom" to discriminate).
When taken in consideration of how much leeway to decide domestic policy that Trump has promised to give him, Pence is a seriously scary VP for queer people everywhere in the US.
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[1]: http://web.archive.org/web/20010408125427/http://mikepence.c...
Re:The sneering response to Trump’s victory reveals exactly ...
by mc32 on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:00PM
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I agree that Pence is a concern. His influence on this topic on the admin remains to be seen. I strongly hope he does not have enough say to take us backward.
Trump's answers in those interviews don't sound much different from the ones we heard from Hillary or Obama back when they could not favor gay marriage either --but they've moved on and it looks like Trump has moved on (still, what he might do as policy is unknown, for now).
Here's a good summary of his position on the topic: http://www.politifact.com/new-york/statements/2016/aug/14/se...
In addition, Pence has a history of anti-LGBT behavior as well.