Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg extended his week-long, faith-related war of words with Mike Pence Friday, pointing to the vice president's policies that 'discriminate' against gay and lesbian Americans. Buttigieg, who went from virtual unknown to budding political phenomenon
Washington - Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg extended his week-long, faith-related war of words with Mike Pence Friday, pointing to the vice president's policies that"discriminate" against gay and lesbian Americans.
"I don't have a problem with religion, I'm religious too. I have a problem with religion being used as a justification to harm people," Buttigieg, who if elected would be America's first gay president, told NBC's The Ellen Show. The political opponents worked together on common-ground issues like infrastructure but clashed over a 2015 religious freedom bill signed by Pence that Buttigieg and others warned allowed people to discriminate on religious grounds.
And Buttigieg, who married his husband in a church service last year, challenged Pence over opposing same-sex marriage.
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