Pence voted against that law in 2007 and later said the law “ wages war on freedom and religion in the workplace.” The Employment Non-Discrimination Act would have banned discrimination against people based on sexual orientation. He opposed a law that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people in the workplace Citing a Harvard researcher, Pence said in his speech, “societal collapse was always brought about following an advent of the deterioration of marriage and family.” Pence also called being gay a choice and said keeping gays from marrying was not discrimination, but an enforcement of “God’s idea.” In 2006, as head of the Republican Study Committee, a group of the 100 most-conservative House members, Pence rose in support of a constitutional amendment that would have defined marriage as between a man and a woman. He said gay couples signaled ‘societal collapse’ Here are some of the statements and positions Pence had has related to LGBT issues: Read More: Donald Trump Names Veep Pick on Twitter
