Indiana Governor Pence says he abhors discrimination, but in 2000 he advocated against anti-discrimination protections for gays.

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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence insisted at a press conference Tuesday that the religious freedom law he signed last week, which has been widely interpreted as an effort to newly enshrine a right to refuse public accommodations to gays and lesbians, “does not give anyone a license to discriminate.”

“I abhor discrimination,” Pence said. “I believe in my heart of hearts that no one should be harassed or mistreated because of who they are, who they love, or what they believe.”

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