Author: Maureen Groppe / Source: USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence defended his opposition to same-sex marriage in an interview Wednesday in which he also scolded Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg for making comments “critical of my Christian faith and about me personally.
”“He knows better,” Pence said in a CNBC interview scheduled to air Thursday. “He knows me.”
Asked by CNBC’s Joe Kernen if his position on marriage equality had evolved in the past two decades as public opinion has shifted, Pence said: “My family and I have a view of marriage that’s informed by our faith.”
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“And we stand by that,” Pence continued. “But that doesn’t mean that we’re critical of anyone else who has a different point of view.”
His comments were the latest development in what Buttigieg, the openly-gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has called his “long and complicated relationship” with the former Indiana governor.
The Democrat and Republican worked together on economic development and other issues in Indiana.
“We had a great working relationship,” Pence said on CNBC.
But Buttigieg was a vocal opponent of a “religious freedom” law Pence backed that critics called a license to discriminate against gay people.
As Buttigieg has been exploring a presidential bid that he’s expected to make official Sunday, he’s frequently criticized Pence and his record on…
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