Posted on 02/10/2022 12:13:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind
On February 9, 2022, Andrew W. Coy asked, "What's the Deal with Mike Pence?" One thing is that former vice president Pence was always a weak leader.
While he was governor, Indiana passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2015, which essentially clarified a federal law that Democrats overwhelmingly sponsored and President Clinton signed into law. Then-senator Barack Obama supported a similar state law in Illinois. Indiana's version simply stated that, in civil cases, courts could consider religious burdens that the conflict caused. The law never said religion would trump any other right.
The left took this to mean that anytime a gay person came into conflict with a religious person — e.g., baking an LGBT "wedding" cake — Indiana courts would always decide in favor of the religious argument. The MSM went crazy and went out of their way to find a person in some tiny Indiana town who declared that her pizza place would never cater to a gay "wedding." The pizza place was canceled immediately by protesters from around the country.
Our state was attacked from every direction as being full of racists. Companies like SalesForce threatened to leave the state altogether. Angie's List disingenuously claimed that, due to the RFRA, it was canceling a taxpayer-funded expansion (that was soon to be voted down anyway).
Nonetheless, Pence and our lawmakers quickly wrote an amendment specifying that "the RFRA does not authorize a provider to refuse to offer or provide services, facilities, use of public accommodations, goods, employment, or housing to any member or members of the general public on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or United States military service."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The truth of the matter is that Indiana did not pass a law targeting the LGBT community or anyone else. The law did nothing more than clarify existing federal and state laws that various circuit courts of appeals and even the U.S. Department of Justice under President Obama have ruled on.
I remembered that when Pence’s name came up as the VEEP choice. I thought it was a joke that Trump picked him. When it wasn’t I realized that Pence was Trump’s GHW Bush.
Mike Pence is a Bush League Republican.
He was part of the Boehner, Ryan, Cantor, McCarthy House leadership team.
Prerequisite for leadership in the GOP is commitment to the fundamental transformation of the USA into North Mexico.
Yes, Trump needed to shore up support among religious/social conservatives and Pence helped with that. That’s about all he was good for.
I remember how he was lectured by George S. on a TV interview about this, and he folded. He folded under pressure from George S. and liberal media.
Pizza anyone?
And to have something over which the politician can be blackmailed by the deep state.
Pence is not wise as serpents.
Let’s be clear that the lgbt... community simply wants to attack and punish Christians. Yes, only Christians. Youtube actually allowed posting of reporters interviewing Muslim bakers if they would have baked a cake for a gay couple. Every Muslim bakery said No. Which, by the way, is their right according to their religion. However, the MSM ignored the interviews.
no thank you... he’s dead to me
I gave him a pass then because the legislators who passed the law in the first place didn’t have his back.
I did NOT give him a pass on attending the inauguration.
I am done with him. It is not just his temperament, either. Scott Walker has a mild temperament but also a healthy stubborn streak, and better principles.
Pence is dead to me. I don’t need to understand dead people. Dead people just need to stop yapping.
I understand all about Pence that I need to.
Gracie Fields - He's Dead, But He Won't Lie Down 1932 Ray Noble
Yup - been screaming this for 6 years now.
“Mike Pence is a Bush League Republican.”
Agreed
All we need to know.
Keep Out Da Bushes, and With Pence None the Richer.
The Pence train has left the station….Bring back the Don with Desantis
And in this day and age, if you are not wise as serpents, you are also not harmless as doves. Ignorance is dangerous.
Why would I want to understand him?
it’s so cute how Pence’s team is trying to drum up enthusiasm and support for this turd person
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