Trump Research Book: on Civil Rights
Amy Coney Barrett:
Indissoluble Christian commitment of a man and a woman
According to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights via Targeted News Service, "LGBT Rights: Professor Barrett has expressed deeply held opposition to marriage equality, signing on to an October
2015 letter that stated: 'We give witness that the Church's teachings - on the dignity of the human person and the value of human life from conception to natural death; on the meaning of human sexuality, the significance of sexual difference and the
complementarity of men and women; on openness to life and the gift of motherhood; and on marriage and family founded on the indissoluble commitment of a man and a woman - provide a sure guide to the
Christian life.' This language, embraced by Professor Barrett, is in direct conflict with the Supreme Court's June 2015 decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, which established a constitutional right to marriage equality in America.
Source: Analysis of positions in 2020 Trump Research Book
Sep 22, 2020
Mike Pence:
Criticized 1992 Civil Rights Act as being about "quotas"
In an op-ed Mike Pence wrote, "Whether it was Bush's cynical reversal of the 'no new taxes' pledge or his vacillation on the 1992 Civil Rights (quota) Act, he has managed to alienate a sizable portion of the
Reagan Republican coalition. Dan Quayle has managed to keep his distance from these objectionable acts and has engendered real credibility." [Daily Journal, 8/13/92]
"Pence said that adequate civil rights protections are already in place and that the new legislation would require racial hiring quotas. 'I would sustain the veto,' he said. 'It is not because I am a racist.
I am sensitive to small business America, and I don't believe that businesses should be forced to proceed on the racist tendencies that (hiring) quotas are comprised." [Daily Journal 9/29/90]
Source: Trump Research Book on Mike Pence
Sep 22, 2020
Mike Pence:
Refused to say "Black lives matter"
On a historic Juneteenth, as protests continue to rage across America, Vice President Mike Pence was asked if he would say those words, 'Black lives matter,' and three times declined - instead saying 'all lives matter in a very real sense.'
The Vice President, when pressed as to why he would not say the phrase, said, 'Well, I don't accept the fact, Brian, that there's a segment of American society that disagrees in the preciousness and importance of every human life.'" [6 ABC, 6/20/20]
Source: Trump Research Book on Mike Pence
Sep 22, 2020
Mike Pence:
No evidence of hate crimes over gender identity
According to The Indianapolis Star, "Pence, who has said he believes that being gay is a 'lifestyle choice,' also worried that a bill to protect gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination could be used to discriminate against Christians."
[Indianapolis Star, 4/12/15]"This bill designates in particular gender identity for federally protected status. Without, I might add, any evidence of any hate crimes occurring against individuals for gender identity." [Office of Rep. Pence, 4/29/09]"
Source: FactCheck on 2020 Trump Research Book
Sep 22, 2020
Mike Pence:
Changing definition of marriage is abolishing marriage
[Columbus Republic, 9/22/00]: "Pence said he opposed gay marriages and hate-crimes legislation. He said that marriage between man and woman is the nucleus of American society and 'should be elevated, held higher than, esteemed more under the law than
any other relationship.'"[States News Service, 3/31/08]: "If we change the definition of marriage you're really abolishing marriage. I don't think we really want to see a society without that strong centerpiece of a heterosexual marriage," Pence said.
Source: FactCheck on 2020 Trump Research Book
Sep 22, 2020
JD Vance:
Same-sex & interracial marriage is a distraction
Vance on a Bill to Protect Marriage Equality and Interracial Marriage: "The bill would require federal recognition of all marriages as long as they were deemed valid in the state they were performed. It would also repeal the Defense of Marriage Act,
which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Vance characterized the bill as a solution in search of a problem. 'You have a sky-high inflation crisis, and we're arguing about rights that have already been granted by the
Supreme Court,' he said. 'It seems like a bizarre distraction for a country that actually has much, much deeper and more serious crises.'" [Columbus Dispatch, 8/2/22]AUDIO: On the Bill Cunningham Show, "VANCE: Well, it is one of these issues that I
just don't think is a live issue. I am a Christian, actually a Catholic convert. I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, but I don't think the gay marriage issue is alive right now." [Bill Cunningham Show via Soundcloud, 6/27/22]
Source: 2024 Trump Research Book
Aug 2, 2024
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