Recently Carl Higbie, a top staffer at the group, resigned after numerous racist and homophobic comments he had made in the past were reported. America First Policies’ record on the issues isn’t all that great either. During his run for Congress he appears to have advocated for the horrific practice known as conversion therapy – something he later denied. In Congress, he supported an amendment that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman, and voted against the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal.
Some of his greatest bigoted hits came as governor of Indiana, when he signed a so-called religious freedom bill into law that would have effectively served as a license to discriminate against gay people. Pence’s record on LGBT issues has indeed been terrible. The fact that he’s anti-LGBT and he’s coming on Pride weekend? We couldn’t do nothing.” It’s been amplified because he’s coming on Friday, the first day of Columbus Pride. “The energy that has developed stems from his record on LGBT issues. I would love to see a sea of rainbow and dancing,” he said. “We want to jam the street with as many people as we can celebrating. Smith says he’s anticipating five to six hundred people, although that number could grow. Apparently a lot of people want to see Mike Pence dance to Robyn. Nearly 2,000 have expressed interest on the Facebook page. The Welcome Mike Pence: Big LGBTQ Dance Party was launched on a whim on Facebook on Monday of this week, Jay Smith, one of the organizers of the event explained, and in a few days it has snowballed beyond anything he imagined.