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I'm A Gay Hoosier and Mike Pence Should Not Be Let Off The Hook

I'm A Gay Hoosier and Mike Pence Should Not Be Let Off The Hook

It is an affront that Governor Mike Pence managed to make it through an entire debate without being confronted with his signature piece of legislation: an anti-LGBTQ* bill that inscribed discrimination and hatred into the laws of a state known for its hospitality.As a Hoosier and LGBTQ* American, I must urge voters to consider this law not as poor judgment but as an attempt to endanger and alienate vulnerable members of our society.Growing up as a gay teen in the south and spending my adult years in Indiana has shown me first-hand what it is like to be confronted with your otherness.


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Planned Parenthood Trashes Mike Pence Before Debate: "The Most Extreme Lawmaker of the 21st Century"

Planned Parenthood Trashes Mike Pence Before Debate: "The Most Extreme Lawmaker of the 21st Century"

With the vice presidential debate tonight, the Planned Parenthood abortion business is wasting no time reminding its members what it thinks of pro-life Indiana Governor Mike Pence.Simply because Pence is pro-life and opposes killing unborn children in abortions Planned Parenthood is out with a fundraising email to its supporters alerting them to who it calls the "Real Mike Pence." The abortion Company claims Pence is radical and extreme simply because he takes a pro-life position.Here is more from the email from the abortion corporation's Executive Vice President:The vice presidential debate — the only one — is tonight at 9 p.m.


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Cowardly, extremist Mike Pence is the perfect face of the GOP.

Cowardly, extremist Mike Pence is the perfect face of the GOP.

Heidi Gutman/ABC via Getty ImagesDonald Trump's more tepid supporters like to think of his running mate, Mike Pence, as the adult on this year's Republican ticket, one who offers the previously ideologically wishy-washy Republican nominee rock-ribbed conservative credentials to boot."What we have here is a really good leader, a good conservative, a knowledgeable conservative, a real Reagan-like happy warrior joining this ticket," Speaker of the House Paul Ryan glowed after Pence was picked in July.The Indiana governor may be a true conservative, but Pence is hardly the picture of a mainstream Reagan-esque "happy warrior" that his supporters would like to claim.


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Mike Pence is politely fighting on the front line of the right-wing culture war

Mike Pence is politely fighting on the front line of the right-wing culture war

Indiana Gov.Mike Pence, Donald Trump's running mate, is often seen as a generic, establishment, inoffensive conservative who balances Trump's chaos.Unlike Trump, Pence doesn't think name-calling has any place in our national politics.


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Mike Pence says he defends the "sanctity of life" — but his actions say otherwise

Mike Pence says he defends the "sanctity of life" — but his actions say otherwise

When the issue of abortion came up during the first vice presidential debate Tuesday night, Republican nominee Donald Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov.Mike Pence, gave an impassioned answer about why he's .", the sanctity of life proceeds out of the belief, that ancient principle where God says 'before you were formed in the womb, I knew you,'" Pence said of how his faith shaped his anti-abortion views.

Planned Parenthood Trashes Mike Pence Before Debate: "The Most Extreme Lawmaker of the 21st Century"