Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.Īlthough he didn’t say so outright, the position has been widely interpreted as signaling Pence’s support for “gay conversion” therapy, which seeks to “cure” patients of being attracted to members of the same sex.Īccording to the American Psychological Association, electric shocks were one of the techniques used to address homosexuality through “aversion therapy” prior to the group’s decision in 1973 to stop classifying it as a mental disorder. His campaign web site at the time touted his call to add a stipulation to the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, a 1990 law providing funding for HIV/AIDS treatment for patients living with the disease lacking either the income or the necessary insurance to pay for it on their own:Ĭongress should support the reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act only after completion of an audit to ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus. The allegation dates back to 2000, when Pence was running for Congress. I circled the Nor Kor dignitaries for you #pyeongchang2018 October 2016, an image appeared on social media accusing Indiana’s governor (and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate) Mike Pence of supporting “gay conversion” therapy, particularly the use of electric shocks as part of the practice:
Here’s what that seating looks like right now. Row 2, seat 3 is Kim Yo Jong, sister of KJU In row 2, seat 2 is Kim Yong Nam, ceremonial head of NorKor. In row 1, seat 3 is "American Vice President" aka Mike Pence Blue House released the diagram /Gbhd53eh9m If you thought the seating chart for your wedding was tricky, imagine trying to seat the VIP box at this #pyeongchang2018 opening ceremony. NPR’s Asia correspondent Elise Hu broke it all down.
Somebody call Karen Pence, or “Mother” as the veep calls her, because he’s too close to a woman that isn’t his wife! Also, Kim Yo Yang is the sister of North Korea’s dear leader Kim Jong-un.
Pence seems lost in the pride and glory of the parade of athletes walking by in front of him, and seemingly has no idea that seated just one row and four seats over is a young woman named Kim Yo Yang (He reached out to openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon for a “conversation,” which Rippon rejected because of Pence’s past connections with the “gay conversion therapy” movement.”)Īnyway, Pence pressed on, attending the always flashy and dazzling Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics, and photographs show him doing that staring-out-into-the-distance thing that politicians do when they want to look like they’re proud and moved. Nevertheless, Pence somehow managed to find himself embroiled in controversy, despite being thousands of miles from his boss and this being just a sports thing. is as vice-presidential a job as there ever was: important, but not t oo important-purely ceremonial, in other words. Going to the Olympics on behalf of the U.S. The United States’ official envoy to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Koea: Vice President Mike Pence, a man who reminds everyone who looks at him of winter sports, what with his white-haired head that looks like some sort of snow-topped skiing mountain or figure skating rink.