Mike Pence's Hometown Throwing Gay Pride Festival So Everyone Knows They Don't Share His Views

[TexasTowelie]

The hometown of Vice President Mike Pence is set to hold its first ever gay pride celebration, in a move intended to show the U.S. that not everyone from Columbus, Indiana, is anti-gay.

Organized by high school senior Erin Bailey, the Columbus Pride Festival draws a clear line between the views of those involved in the festival, and Pence’s dubious record on LGBT rights.

“I am organizing Columbus Pride Festival because I feel it is important for members of the LGBTQ community to know that Columbus is a welcoming and diverse community,” Bailey told the Huffington Post.

“Even though Mike Pence is openly anti-gay, that doesn’t mean that all of us in his hometown are,” she added.

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/mike-pences-hometown-throwing-gay-pride-festival-so-everyone-knows-they-dont-864086

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

1. Awww, that's sweet.

[syringis]

2. Hello Texas Towelie

I love it !

[TexasTowelie]

3. Mike Pence should feel fortunate that he lives in such a colorful world.

The people demonstrating with rainbow and other LGBT flags is positively the gayest (happiest).