Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Former Log Cabin Republicans president Gregory Angelo has written a typically stupid piece of gaslighting for Fox News:
Despite false accusations made against him, Mike Pence is not anti-gay. As a gay man myself – and someone who not only cares deeply about these issues but advocated on behalf of the LGBT community myself for years – this is not an assertion I make lightly.
There is absolutely nothing – nothing at all – in Mike Pence’s record to indicate he sees himself as a culture warrior who believes LGBT Americans are the enemy. Yet false accusations that the evangelical stalwart is a virulent homophobe who went out of his way to target gay people for harassment, oppression, and even physical torture have dogged Pence for years.
Despite the continued wails of liberals intent on keeping the lie alive about his supposed homophobia, Mike Pence has acted with grace, a spirit of inclusion, and a commitment to be a vice president for all Americans.
QUICK THREAD: I get why Fox News would run such a piece, and I get why @gregorytangelo would write something so idiotic, but I’m still flummoxed that this gaslighting exists.https://t.co/OMObt9l3dC
Let’s be clear: OF COURSE MIKE PENCE IS ANTI-GAY.
The receipts…
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) February 11, 2019
2) There is no doubt the 2015 Indiana RFRA was anti-LGBTQ. All the leaders of the anti-LGBTQ hate groups literally stood beaming around Pence as he signed it into law: https://t.co/Ns65b5mjp2
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) February 11, 2019
3) Contrary to Angelo’s misleading claim, the Indiana bill differed from the federal law in a crucial way that granted a license to discriminate. That’s why Pence refused to answer (8 TIMES) whether the bill allowed for discrimination: https://t.co/KkJymZgaLN
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) February 11, 2019
4) Angelo also completely invents the claim that Pence signed LGBTQ protections into law. All he signed was a quick fix to the RFRA so that it didn’t excuse discrimination. But anti-LGBTQ discrimination is still legal throughout most of Indiana. https://t.co/B8KwgaW4Yo
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) February 11, 2019