Indiana Governor Mike Pence speaks at an Indianapolis news conference on April 29, 2013. Pence said in June that “the people of Indiana should have their say about how marriage is understood and defined in our state.” Some Facebook users who left comments disagreeing with Pence’s views on gay marriage say that’s exactly what they were trying to do when they were shut out from commenting on Pence’s official page.(Photo: Michelle Pemberton, The Indianapolis Star)Story HighlightsIndiana Gov. Mike Pence had said previously that only uncivil posts were removedComments concerned Pence’s Facebook post on gay marriage rulingsPost drew more than 1,000 comments
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Pence admitted Friday that some angry constituents were right.
Some of the hundreds of comments that his staff deleted from the Indiana governor’s official Facebook page this week were targeted, Pence said, because they expressed disagreement with his opposition to gay marriage.
And that went beyond the office’s internal policy of removing only profane, inflammatory or uncivil comments, Pence concluded.
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