Residents living near the Colorado home where Vice President Mike Pence
Michael (Mike) Richard PencePence allies worried he'll be called to answer questions from Mueller: report Trump thought it was ‘low class’ for Pence to bring pets to VP residence: report Pence told RNC he could replace Trump on ticket after 'Access Hollywood' tape came out: report MORE and his family are staying for the holidays have hung a rainbow “Make America Gay Again” banner.
Neighbors in Aspen, Colorado placed the banner on a pillar that sits at the end of both homes’ driveways, The Aspen Times reported.
#Aspen neighbors to VP @mike_pence -- Make America Gay Again. Couple hangs banner outside shared driveway. https://t.co/Ldef4h1G8U via @JasonAuslander #LBGT pic.twitter.com/x3EctSJsOB
— Aspen Times (@TheAspenTimes) December 29, 2017
Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo told The Times that a deputy from his office was there when a man came out and hung the banner.
"He was real sheepish and thought he might be confronted by the Secret Service or deputies who'd tell him he couldn't do it," DiSalvo said.
"When they said, 'We're not here to control your free speech rights,' they came out with chili and began feeding them," he said of the couple.
Pence is well-known for his conservative views on homosexuality. He supported a 2006 amendment that would have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. He also said at the time that legalizing same-sex marriage would create a “societal collapse.”
President Trump
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Pence and his family have become targets of LGBTQ protests since their move to D.C. Protestors held a “queer dance party” outside his former residence there in January.