Former Indy mayor to be honored by LGBT business group
Posted May 29, 2016 7:00 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard will be honored by an LGBT business group for his advocacy on gay rights issues.
The Indy Rainbow Chamber of Commerce will present Ballard with a plaque at a June 1 ceremony. The group praises Ballard for embracing diversity and opposing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Indiana residents.
Ballard was a vocal opponent of a religious objections law signed by Gov. Mike Pence last year, which provoked a strong national backlash that pressured lawmakers to make changes.
The former Republican mayor was succeeded by Democrat Joe Hogsett in January.
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