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Vice President Mike Pence would have been in high school when ABBA's Dancing Queen hit the charts. He'll have the opportunity for some nostalgia on Friday in Columbus when drag queens and LGBT advocates hold a dance party outside his hotel.
Pence is scheduled to speak at the Renaissance Hotel Friday afternoon. The Vice President has long been criticized for his stance on LGBT rights. While governor of Indiana, he signed the 2015 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which some said encouraged discrimination.
Pence's visit comes on the first day of Columbus Pride weekend. He will be special guest at an event titled “Tax Cuts to Put America First” discussing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
"Ohioans will protest Vice President Mike Pence...by dancing outside the hotel and performances including DJs and drag queens," said press release from event co-sponsor ProgressOhio.
The event has been dubbed "The Big Gay Dance Party"
"We want to counter that anti-LGBT attitude that they have with a big, positive, loving dance party," said Jay Smith, one of the organizers."
This isn't the first time LGBT activists have challenged Pence through the art of dance. Before Trump inauguration, a dance party was held outside his rental home in Washington, D.C.
The Pence family was also trolled after the Vice-President's daughter wrote a children's book from the perspective of the family rabbit. John Oliver of HBO's "This Week Tonight" launched a parallel book in which the family rabbit, Marlon Bundo, is wrestling with his sexuality. The parody book became a New York Times bestseller.
Vice President Mike Pence would have been in high school when ABBA's Dancing Queen hit the charts. He'll have the opportunity for some nostalgia on Friday in Columbus when drag queens and LGBT advocates hold a dance party outside his hotel.
Pence is scheduled to speak at the Renaissance Hotel Friday afternoon. The Vice President has long been criticized for his stance on LGBT rights. While governor of Indiana, he signed the 2015 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which some said encouraged discrimination.
Pence's visit comes on the first day of Columbus Pride weekend. He will be special guest at an event titled “Tax Cuts to Put America First” discussing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
"Ohioans will protest Vice President Mike Pence...by dancing outside the hotel and performances including DJs and drag queens," said press release from event co-sponsor ProgressOhio.
The event has been dubbed "The Big Gay Dance Party"
"We want to counter that anti-LGBT attitude that they have with a big, positive, loving dance party," said Jay Smith, one of the organizers."
This isn't the first time LGBT activists have challenged Pence through the art of dance. Before Trump inauguration, a dance party was held outside his rental home in Washington, D.C.
The Pence family was also trolled after the Vice-President's daughter wrote a children's book from the perspective of the family rabbit. John Oliver of HBO's "This Week Tonight" launched a parallel book in which the family rabbit, Marlon Bundo, is wrestling with his sexuality. The parody book became a New York Times bestseller.
