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

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.

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