Mike Pence Has A Long History Of Fighting Gay Rights

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"In the state of Indiana, marriage is recognized as between a man and a woman, and I think that's how it should remain," Pence said in 2014 in an interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd. However, after a federal appeals court ruling halting another court's ruling striking down the state's gay marriage ban, he also vowed that the state would not recognize same-sex couples.

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In 2010, Pence signed an open letter by the anti-gay marriage Family Research Council that ran in Politico and the Washington Examiner expressing support for organizations that oppose same-sex marriage and "protect and promote natural marriage and family." (A year earlier, the FRC's Tony Perkins praised Pence for joining a private briefing with local pastors on efforts to pass a traditional "marriage protection amendment." Perkins praised Pence as a "solid ally on this issue in the U.S. House.&quot

In December 2010, Pence appeared on CNN and argued against repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the official U.S. military policy that governed service by gays and lesbians. He said that repealing the act would be using the American military "as a backdrop for social experimentation."

"So I don't believe the time has come to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Pence said. "I really believe our soldiers that are at the tip of the spear know that. We ought to put their interests and the interests of our national security first."

Not surprisingly, during his time in the House, Pence voted "yes" on legislation defining marriage as only between one man and one woman, and he opposed legislation that prohibited workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.

In 2011, an opinion piece by Wendy Kaminer in The Atlantic quoted Pence arguing that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act "wages war on freedom of religion in the workplace."

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