V21, N1 Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 Sen. Donnelly gives Gov. Pence cover improved from the pro- Vote on Planned posed rule, Indiana will Parenthood defunding, not comply. Our state will also reserve the right stance on EPA rules to use any legal means available to block the dovetails with governor rule from being imple- mented.” By BRIAN A. HOWEY The governor INDIANAPOLIS – Earlier this seemed to be suggest- summer, the politically wounded Gov. ing that Indiana would Mike Pence seemed to be taking a page defy the rule of law, out of the “shut it down” Ted Cruz play- though spokeswoman book, or his own “time to pick a fight” Kara Brooks said the stance. decision “not to comply” As the Obama would actually mean that administration’s the EPA would write the Environmental Indiana clear air rules. Protection Agency On Monday after prepared to roll the EPA released rules out its new Clean that one electric industry Power Plan, Pence figure described as “hos- was defiant. On June 24 in a letter to ing” Indiana, Pence’s President Obama, Pence wrote, “If your defiance seemed to hit administration proceeds to finalize the Clean Power Plan, and the final rule Continued on page 3 has not demonstrably and significantly Miller fights in Goshen By MAUREEN HAYDEN CNHI State Reporter INDIANAPOLIS – As cities around Indiana take up measures to guarantee civil rights protections for gay citizens, conservatives are marshaling forces to stop them. The group Advance America is “Yes, I have left my position as taking credit for killing such a measure in Goshen, the latest treasurer for Sen. Donnelly’s community to consider adding campaign and yes, it is because sexual orientation and gender identity to its local human rights of his vote to defund Planned ordinance. Eric Miller, who heads Parenthood.” the Indiana-based organization, - Former Lt. Gov. Kathy Davis said blocking the Goshen mea- sure was essential to stopping a “pro-homosexual agenda” that is sweeping the state and disrupting Page 2 is a non-partisan newslet- ter based in Indianapolis and Nashville, Ind. It was founded in 1994 in Fort Wayne. It is published by WWWHowey Media, LLC 405 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Advance America’s Eric Miller sits in the front row of the Goshen City Council chambers Tuesday, where he successfully convinced Republican council members to force a tabling Brian A. Howey, Publisher of a civil rights expansion ordinance. (Goshen News Photo) Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington Jack E. Howey, Editor groundwork for a state law to protect scheduled for Tuesday’s city council Mary Lou Howey, Editor gay rights. “They knew they had to agenda. Maureen Hayden, Statehouse have Goshen to continue the momen- Miller’s argument is that local Matthew Butler, Daily Wire tum moving toward a statewide law,” rules protecting sexual orientation and he said. “We’ve put a stop to that.” gender identity will force businesses Mark Curry, photography Miller is a longtime lobbyist to serve gay couples. And, in tones who vehemently opposed same-sex that his critics call fear-mongering, he Subscriptions marriage. He pushed the General As- said the ordinances will allow cross- HPI, HPI Daily Wire $599 sembly to adopt a controversial Reli- dressing men to access women’s HPI Weekly, $350 gious Freedom Restoration Act, which bathrooms where they can prey on critics said was a license for business- children. The American Family Asso- Ray Volpe, Account Manager es to discriminate against gay, lesbian, ciation of Indiana echoes his concerns 317.602.3620 bisexual and transgender citizens. and urged members across the state email: [email protected] Before the religious freedom to oppose the Goshen ordinance, law was signed, a dozen communities describing it as “an extension of the Contact HPI already had human rights ordinances. moral decay” of the sexual revolution Nine of them covered sexual orienta- of the late 1960s. www.howeypolitics.com tion or gender identity, though local Goshen Mayor Allan Kauff- [email protected] rules varied. Once the law passed, man said Miller’s efforts were surpris- Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 local leaders across Indiana started ing and offensive. Kauffman has called Washington: 202.256.5822 reexamining their ordinances. for what he describes as a “graceful Business Office: 317.602.3620 Several cities, such as Terre conversation” for proponents and op- Haute and Martinsville, passed mea- ponents to share their concerns in a sures in recent months with little more civil manner. “The fears are real © 2015, Howey Politics Indiana. debate or controversy. But Miller and on both sides,” he said. All rights reserved. Photocopy- other social conservatives decided to Chris Paulsen of Indiana ing, Internet forwarding, fax- draw the line in Goshen and neighbor- Equality has supported the local ing or reproducing in any form, ing Elkhart. ordinances, arguing that they signal Mayors of both cities cancelled to lawmakers the support among whole or part, is a violation of votes on LGBT ordinances after Miller voters for expanded LGBT protec- federal law without permission orchestrated vehement opposition. In tions. “We’ve had a number of wins,” from the publisher. Goshen, a city of 32,000, the vote was Paulsen said, discounting Miller’s Page 3 contention that developments in Goshen will kill efforts “educating and informing” lawmakers on what he says is elsewhere. But she does believe Miller when he promises the harm that comes from enacting LGBT protections on a massive pressure on elected officials who are considering state level, he said. “They know the potential impact this similar measures. has on the 2016 election,” he said. “There are a whole lot That includes state lawmakers who were of people in Indiana who still support traditional values.” v expected to take up the issue of adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s civil rights law next year. Maureen Hayden is the Indiana Statehouse report- “That’s how these guys play,” Paulsen said. er CNHI’s newspapers and websites. Reach her at Miller said he isn’t backing back down. He’ll spend [email protected]. the next few months, before the 2016 election year, ment without disproportionally shifting the burden onto all Donnelly, from page 1 Hoosier families.” a chord. It wasn’t the cacophony of indignant voices from Donnelly may have also given Pence some cover the Indiana Republican congressional delegation that un- on the Planned Parenthood defund issue. Late last month, derscored the governor’s defiance. Instead it was Demo- Pence ordered an Indiana Department of Health investiga- cratic U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly. tion of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky on In the wake of the new rules, Donnelly explained whether the organization was playing a role in harvesting his dismay in what has become the perception that fetal tissues, which has been the subject of five clandes- Indiana and Hoosier consumers will pay a disproportion- tine videos that rekindled the issue. As a congressman, ate price for what is a national and Pence helped ignite the defund issue global problem. “Indiana has made in Washington. significant investments in clean energy With the governor in trouble with in recent years. Even without bur- his base over the Religious Freedom densome regulations from the EPA, Restoration Act “fix” last April, the Indiana already has one of the world’s investigation and renewed vows to cleanest coal-fired power plants, the defund seemed like a political ploy world’s largest geothermal heating to help him with his base. With no and cooling system, and has increased smoking gun in Indiana, Pence said, renewable energy generation eight- “Now the people of Indiana have that fold since 2008; all while Hoosier assurance that those practices that manufacturers and consumers are have been alleged in those videos are embracing energy efficiency to reduce at least not taking place here in the their electricity bills and improve their state of Indiana.” He added, “I have bottom lines,” Donnelly said. “EPA had long believed that the largest abortion an opportunity to encourage Indiana provider in America should not also be to continue to innovate and diversify the largest recipient of federal funding our energy portfolio in a way that was under Title X.” good for our environment and good When the defund vote took place for Indiana’s economy. The final rule, in the Senate on Monday, Donnelly however, completely missed the mark. was one of two Democratic senators Instead of providing a workable plan to vote with the Republican majority. with fair, achievable carbon goals, the Donnelly explained, “While Planned rule requires Hoosiers to carry one Parenthood clinics in Indiana do not of the heaviest loads in reducing the partake in fetal tissue donation and country’s carbon emissions, which were found to be following the law, will make energy more expensive for today’s vote is about Planned Parent- families and make it more difficult for hood clinics around the country. I Indiana businesses to compete.” cannot in good faith support federal Donnelly added, “This rule funding for this organization until the seems designed to establish by regula- questions of whether other clinics are tion the ‘cap and trade’ plan that I complying with federal and state laws voted against in 2009. We need to find are answered.” a better way to protect our environ- With Senate Democrats having Page 4 enough votes to block the defund, Senate Minority Leader rial impression is vanishing. With the primary now just a Harry Reid had the luxury of allowing Donnelly and U.S. little over nine months away, there is no big idea. There Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to take a position that is no campaign phone number or press person.