Pence Is A Religious Extremist

When Donald Trump was shuffling through the deck of potential running mates and landed on Mike Pence, there was one obvious reason to select the then-governor of Indiana — the religious right loves him. Trump, with his three marriages and myriad moral failings, needed a devout running mate to win over the GOP base and Pence fit the bill.

Pence’s extremist religious views are also anti-science views

Homophobia and misogyny are key features of Pence’s version of Christianity

Pence is willing to abandon his religious values selectively for political power

Pence is willing to discriminate against people who risk their lives for the country, using his religion as a justification

Pence’s reported role in the military transgender ban, which the Pentagon neither asked for nor wanted, is a sign of the type of harm he could do if he ever ascended to the Oval Office. While Trump is happy to merely support discriminatory measures, Pence would fight for these policies, such as the First Amendment Defense Act, a national version of the LGBT discrimination bill Pence signed in Indiana.

He would also ensure that the next Supreme Court vacancies are filled by judges on the fringes of the religious right, opening up challenges to landmark Supreme Court cases such as Roe v. Wade and further allowing the religious right to to discriminate under the guise of “religious freedom.”

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