Indiana’s lieutenant governor says LGBT rights aren’t important
By TOM DAVIES, Associated Press · Tuesday, September 20, 2016
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg derided Republican candidate Eric Holcomb on Monday for being slow to offer plans for what he would do if elected to the states top office.
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Holcomb told WXIN-TV of Indianapolis that the LGBT rights question is not an issue Im focused on at all. It is 2016 right now. Its not 2015, he said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Weve gotten through that. Weve moved forward as a state.
Holcomb said few people bring up the issue when hes traveling around the state. In Indiana were going to protect religious liberties and freedoms in the state constitution, and municipalities can pass local ordinances (extending LGBT protections), he told The (Anderson) Herald Bulletin. Thats how weve been operating. It seems to be working.
Gregg spokesman Jeff Harris said the civil rights issue remains the top worry of Indiana businesses and that the religious objection-law aftermath continues to scare away investment in the state.
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