Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: An Anti-Gay Conservative Who Won’t Admit It

Posted by | March 30, 2015 08:00 | Filed under: Bob Cesca Contributors Opinion

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If there’s an upside to Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN) signing the pro-discrimination SB101 “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) into law last week, it’s this: the bigots, homophobes and neo-segregationists have been coaxed out of the woodwork, exposing themselves for what they really believe. My Twitter feed is festooned with these people, now more than ever — not even during the Hobby Lobby debate have they swarmed like they are today. Elsewhere, an audio recording has been circulating that a restaurant owner who called into an Indianapolis radio station and despite the incredulity and shocked horror of the deejays discussed how he’s always discriminated against gay customers, and now this law will legitimize his anti-gay policy.

It seems the only anti-gay conservative who isn’t currently owning his pro-discrimination position is Mike Pence himself. On ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Pence was asked eight times whether this law would allow businesses to discriminate against gay people — “yes or no.” Eight times in an 11-minute segment, and Pence refused to answer every time. By the sixth or seventh time, I expected Stephanopoulos to shout, “Don’t wait for the translation! Yes or no?”

Instead, Pence droned on and on, suggesting that the press was “trying to make this something else.” Actually, it was Eric Miller, the chief lobbyist responsible for the RFRA who explicitly defined the law as pro-discrimination:

Christian bakers, florists and photographers should not be punished for refusing to participate in a homosexual marriage!

Note the exclamation mark. When Stephanopoulos… CONTINUE READING

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By: Bob Cesca

Bob Cesca is the managing editor at The Daily Banter (www.thedailybanter.com) and a Huffington Post contributor since 2005. He's worked in journalism since 1988 as a print writer/editor, a radio news anchor, a digital media columnist/editor, a book author and blogger. He's the co-host of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show podcast and a Thursday regular on the syndicated Stephanie Miller Show. He's appeared on numerous other radio shows including the John Phillips Show and Geraldo Rivera Show in Los Angeles. Bob has been a commentator/analyst on the BBC (TV and radio), MSNBC, Current TV, CNN and Sky News. Following him on Twitter: @bobcesca_go

3 responses to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: An Anti-Gay Conservative Who Won’t Admit It

  1. ExPFCWintergreen March 30th, 2015 at 13:03

    Freedum ain’t free

  2. FatRat March 30th, 2015 at 16:22

    Mike needs go come out of the closet and say it firmly I hate Gays. Say it loud, say it proud. Quaking in a closet waving his hate flag does not make him look very decisive. Stick to your guns, no matter how much of a lunatic you are. Have the courage of your convictions.

    • fahvel March 31st, 2015 at 03:40

      xians and racists and generally hate filled people are just terrified little cyphers – there is no courage available to this kind of small small mind.

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