Ravi
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) expanded on his thoughts on Indiana's controversial "religious freedom" law Wednesday night, telling a small group of would-be supporters that although he supported the measure, a "better approach" would have been a "consensus-oriented" process that brought both people of faith and members of the LGBT community to the table.
The likely 2016 Republican presidential contender cited Utah as an example where state leaders passed similar legislation, but included prohibitions on anti-gay discrimination. "There wasn’t a bunch of yelling and screaming. That to me seems like a better approach to dealing with this," Bush said in Silicon Valley, according to The New York Times.
"The better approach would have been the approach that is the more consensus-oriented approach I think," Bush said. "I'm not being critical of [Indiana Gov.] Mike Pence, because I did say that I supported his efforts."
Bush's comments in California differ from his full-throated defense of Pence before a more conservative audience earlier in the week. In an interview with right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt, Bush said, "I think Gov. Pence has done the right thing."
Jeb Bush Indiana Needed More Consensus-Oriented Approach To Religious Freedom Law
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) expanded on his thoughts on Indiana's controversial "religious freedom" law Wednesday night, telling a small group of would-be supporters that although he supported the measure, a "better approach" would have been a "consensus-oriented" process that brought both people of faith and members of the LGBT community to the table.
The likely 2016 Republican presidential contender cited Utah as an example where state leaders passed similar legislation, but included prohibitions on anti-gay discrimination. "There wasn’t a bunch of yelling and screaming. That to me seems like a better approach to dealing with this," Bush said in Silicon Valley, according to The New York Times.
"The better approach would have been the approach that is the more consensus-oriented approach I think," Bush said. "I'm not being critical of [Indiana Gov.] Mike Pence, because I did say that I supported his efforts."
Bush's comments in California differ from his full-throated defense of Pence before a more conservative audience earlier in the week. In an interview with right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt, Bush said, "I think Gov. Pence has done the right thing."
Jeb Bush Indiana Needed More Consensus-Oriented Approach To Religious Freedom Law