Mar 31, 2015 ... But he has mischaracterized a good deal as well. ... Demonstrators protest a  controversial religious freedom bill recently signed ... of his state's controversial  Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). ... This one isn't exactly a myth –  President Obama did vote for Illinois's RFRA as a state senator in 1998.
Mar 29, 2015 ... Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with" the law, Pence said. "Then  state-sen Barack Obama voted for (the Religious Freedom Restoration Act) when  he was in the state senate of Illinois," Pence said. ... However, the language isn't  the "very same," and the claim is not as simple as lining up one ...
Mar 29, 2015 ... March Madness: critics blasting Indiana's new religious freedom law, calling it a  .... The Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into federal law by  President Bill .... And it doesn't have anything to do with this law. ... voted for it  when he was in the state senate of Illinois, the very same language.
Apr 13, 2015 ... Concerns about Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act were broad ... Says  Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a ... like  this in the neighboring state of Illinois when he was a state senator. ... same title  as the federal and Illinois laws and much of the same language.
Nov 7, 2016 ... He consistently opposes legislation aimed at supporting women and minorities.  ... Conversion therapy has been banned in five states and can include ... and was  the first piece of legislation President Obama signed upon taking ... In 2015,  Pence signed into law Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, ...
Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."