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So what did VP Pence say that so offensive that these rude students felt compelled to walk out? Nothing at all. At least some ND alumni will remember this when they come around asking for contributions.

Shame on Notre Dame.

10 posted on 05/21/2017 7:21:30 PM PDT by apocalypto
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What’s Notre Dame supposed to do, stop these knuckleheads from walking out?


11 posted on 05/21/2017 7:23:18 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The GOP-e: supporting the Democrat agenda)
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10 So what did VP Pence say that so offensive that these rude students felt compelled to walk out? Nothing at all. ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence#Religion_and_LGBT_rights

On March 26, 2015, Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN) signed Indiana Senate Bill 101, also known as the Indiana "religious objections" bill (Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA), into law.[111] The law's signing was met with criticism by people and groups who felt the law was carefully worded in a way that would permit discrimination against LGBT persons.[112][113][114][115] Such organizations as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the gamer convention Gen Con, and the Disciples of Christ spoke out against the law. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff condemned the law, with Salesforce.com saying it would halt its plans to expand in the state.[116][117] Angie's List announced that they would cancel a $40 million expansion of their Indianapolis based headquarters over concerns with the law. The expansion would have moved 1000 jobs into the state.[118] Thousands protested against the policy.[112] Five GOP state representatives voted against the bill, and Greg Ballard, the Republican mayor of Indianapolis, criticized it as sending the "wrong signal" about the state.[119] Pence defended the law, stating that it was not about discrimination. In an appearance on the ABC News program This Week with George Stephanopoulos,[120] Pence stated, "We are not going to change this law", while refusing to answer whether examples of discrimination against LGBT people given by Eric Miller of anti-LGBT group Advance America would be legal under the law.[121] Pence denied the law permitted discrimination and wrote in a March 31, 2015, Wall Street Journal op-ed, "If I saw a restaurant owner refuse to serve a gay couple, I wouldn't eat there anymore. As governor of Indiana, if I were presented a bill that legalized discrimination against any person or group, I would veto it."[122] In the wake of the backlash against the RFRA, on April 2, 2015, Pence signed legislation revising the law to prevent potential discrimination.[123]

14 posted on 05/21/2017 7:26:01 PM PDT by MacNaughton (" ...it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism." Whitaker Chambers)
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