"I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."
While much has been written about Indiana's new license-to-discriminate law that Gov. Mike Pence gleefully signed last week, the backlash that resulted, along with Pence's pathetic attempts at damage control, there really are only two things to take away from this whole disgusting affair.
First, that Mike Pence is a bigot and a liar, not to mention an idiot who thinks that being gay is a choice. Here he is on Tuesday, during his disastrous press conference:
I abhor discrimination. The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the Golden Rule, that you should do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
And I believe in my heart of hearts that no one should be harassed or mistreated because of who they are, who they love, or what they believe.
And Mike Pence
in 2000, from his
campaign website:
Congress should oppose any effort to recognize homosexual's (sic) as a "discreet and insular minority" entitled to the protection of anti-discrimination laws similar to those extended to women and ethnic minorities.
Congress should ... ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus. Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.
And second, that his
presidential hopes:
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R), a 12-year House veteran with eyes on the White House, has been forced into crisis management mode in the face of mounting criticism against a new religious freedom law that critics say legalizes discrimination against gays and lesbians.
... just went up in flames. Because (leaving aside the bigotry and lies) if
this is
how Mike Pence deals with a crisis, it's clear that this man should
never be allowed anywhere near the launch codes.
So in a glass-is-half-full kind of way, one could say that something good came out of this whole mess. Now repeal the damn law.