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highplainsdem

(48,920 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:37 AM Dec 2016

Pence's D.C. neighbors troll him with pride flags

Source: Politico

The new neighbors of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence are welcoming the vice president-elect to their Northwest Washington neighborhood with special decorations dedicated specifically to him: gay pride flags.

Several houses on Pence’s block in Washington’s Chevy Chase neighborhood have put up rainbow pride flags since the vice president-elect moved in, according to D.C. ABC affiliate WJLA-TV. Pence is living in the neighborhood temporarily until he is sworn in as vice president, when he will move into the official vice presidential residence on the ground of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Pence has a history of opposing the gay community, both nationally and in his home state. As a congressman in 2006, he supported a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman, saying in a speech that gay marriage would bring about "societal collapse." He also opposed the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prohibited gay service members from serving openly.

As governor of Indiana, he signed the controversial "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" that opponents said would have allowed discrimination against LGBT individuals in his state. Under pressure, Pence later signed legislation that amended the bill to prevent discrimination.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/mike-pence-dc-neighbors-pride-flags-232048

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Pence's D.C. neighbors troll him with pride flags (Original Post) highplainsdem Dec 2016 OP
Pence, is really a creepy individual in so many ways. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #1
As if he will care n2doc Dec 2016 #2
Good. JudyM Dec 2016 #3
Has he ordered... Aviation Pro Dec 2016 #4
Rainbow Flags Are Going Up In Mike Pence's New D.C. Neighborhood mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #5
Unbelievable not fooled Dec 2016 #6
fantastic...keep hammering away at these assholes.... dhill926 Dec 2016 #7
They need to awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #8
President Trump will have them thrown in jail unless they Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #9

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
2. As if he will care
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:03 PM
Dec 2016

He knows he is doing 'God's Work' making sure women and LGBT's are put in their rightful places and punished for their sins here on Earth, as Jesus intended.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,319 posts)
5. Rainbow Flags Are Going Up In Mike Pence's New D.C. Neighborhood
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 01:07 PM
Dec 2016
Rainbow Flags Are Going Up In Mike Pence's New D.C. Neighborhood

by Julie Strupp in News on Dec 1, 2016 11:18 am

The Chevy Chase neighborhood where Vice President-elect Mike Pence has recently rented a house is being decked out with more than twinkling lights and pine wreaths.

There are at least six gay pride flags hanging around the upper Northwest block where Pence moved last week, according to WJLA. Pence's new neighbors say they have ordered the flags in colorful protest to his anti-gay policies.

The flags are “a respectful message showing, in my case, my disagreement with some of [Pence's] thinking,” neighbor Ilse Heintzen told WJLA. “I have no idea what [the Vice-President Elect] will think about, but I hope he will change his mind.”

Pence has been widely criticized by the LGBTQ community for promoting so-called "conversion therapy," a widely discredited psychotherapy practice of trying to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as his record of opposing gay rights. More than two dozen homeowners around the Indiana governor's mansion have also displayed pride flags and other anti-Pence signs.

Pride flags pop up in VP-elect Pence's temporary Northwest D.C. neighborhood

by Tim Barber/ABC7|Wednesday, November 30th 2016

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Christmas decorations are popping up left and right, but one street in NW Washington has a different kind of decoration this season—rainbow flags.

https://twitter.com/SweeneyABC/status/804094720662065152

https://twitter.com/ABC7Suzanne/status/804082443426942980

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
6. Unbelievable
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 01:11 PM
Dec 2016

This creep went from being a failed, widely loathed one-term governor to the de facto president who will be enacting their vile agenda behind the scenes, while Cheetolini (thanks, Stephanie Miller for the great nickname) acts as figurehead to distract the rubes and seduce the media.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
9. President Trump will have them thrown in jail unless they
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 09:08 PM
Dec 2016
APOLOGIZE!!!! And even then, probably.

Dictators don't have to put up with this shit.
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