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irisblue

(32,982 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 06:48 PM Jun 2015

Mike Pence (Twit) Indiana welcomes LGBT Pride to Indianapolis this week

From the Indy Star....6/3/2015....."Republican Gov. Mike Pence, who earlier this year pushed for a religious freedom law that angered supporters of gay rights, issued a short welcome letter to Indy Pride for its LGBT celebration festival that starts this week....

Pence's short letter touts Indianapolis' attractions as a convention city but does not specifically address specific details or the purpose of the LGBT pride event...

Pence's response came months after Indy Pride requested a letter from him during the height of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act controversy, to welcome event visitors as other elected officials routinely do...

"I offer a special and personal assurance to you that Indianapolis remains an open, welcoming, and inclusive city," wrote Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, a Republican who will serve as grand marshal of the Indy Pride parade because of his staunch opposition to RFRA."

well, well, well =Pence

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Mike Pence (Twit) Indiana welcomes LGBT Pride to Indianapolis this week (Original Post) irisblue Jun 2015 OP
about like Ross Barnett welcoming the Freedom Riders to Mississippi rurallib Jun 2015 #1

rurallib

(62,424 posts)
1. about like Ross Barnett welcoming the Freedom Riders to Mississippi
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 07:13 PM
Jun 2015

in the '60s.
Hope that analogy isn't out of line.

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