A pastor who stood behind Gov. Mike Pence last month when he signed the "religious freedom" bill stood in the heart of the Statehouse on Monday and publicly rebuked Pence for the "betrayal" of signing the "fix" that quelled the national backlash.
The Rev. Ron Johnson Jr., standing with 19 other clergy who are part of his Indiana Pastors Alliance, told a cheering crowd of more than 150 people that Pence and other Republican leaders had failed to "stand for biblical truth." In bending to pressure from business, media and gay rights activists, Johnson said, they were guilty of a "cowardly capitulation."
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