Mike Pence Spoke at Fundraiser for Anti-LGBTQ+ and Hate Group
Really makes one wonder about Pence ... hmmmm ... can't be alone with a woman!
https://www.out.com/politics/2019/9/13/mike-pence-spoke-fundraiser-anti-lgbtq-hate-group
On Thursday evening, the vice president headlined the 40th anniversary dinner for the Concerned Women of America, an evangelical Christian group with a long history of anti-LGBTQ+ positions. Pence addressed its “Ruby Red and Black Tie Gala” at 7 p.m., a fundraising event which just so happened to be taking place at the ballroom in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Although the Concerned Women of America bills itself as a public policy women's organization, one of its key interests is opposing basic rights for LGBTQ+ individuals. The organization has fought the introduction of protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in hate crime legislation, arguing that they infringe on free speech rights. It also objected to similar inclusions in the Violence Against Women Act on the basis that the regulations created “new protections for homosexuals.”
The group also opposes same-sex marriage, LGBTQ+ inclusive nondiscrimination protections, and anti-bullying laws protecting LGBTQ+ youth from violence, harassment, and discrimination. It even defended Uganda’s notorious “Kill the Gays” bill, calling it “courageous.”
That sounds pretty par for the course for Pence, who passed a since-repealed law as governor of Indiana allowing people of faith to refuse service to LGBTQ+ individuals and then sought to enact “religious liberty” protections in the White House. Prior to joining the Oval Office, he also lobbied for a federal amendment banning marriage equality, opposed allowing gay troops to serve openly in the military, and advocated that funding for HIV/AIDS be redirected to conversion therapy programs.
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