Mike Pence's new neighbors are 'welcoming' him with LGBTQ pride flags

When Vice President-elect Mike Pencetakes office in January he'll move into his designated residence on the grounds of Washington, D.C.'s Naval Observatory, but until then he's renting a $6,000-a-month-place in the D.C. neighborhood of Chevy Chase, CNN reports. And his new neighbors there have found the perfect way to welcome him to his new abode ' rainbow LGBTQpride flags.Residents on NW Washington Street where VP Elect Pence is renting a house are sending him a symbolic message. More residents may hang flags pic.twitter.com/fldYsMoP6i' Suzanne Kennedy (@ABC7Suzanne) November 30, 2016Hanging up the flags, is "a respectful message showing, in my case, my disagreement with some of his thinking," Ilse Heintzen toldWJLA. "I have no idea what [Pence] will think ... but I hope he will change his mind."Over the course of his political career, Pence has taken hard stances against rights for LGBTQAmericans. While he was serving in Congress he argued that marriage equality would usher in "societal collapse" and said that being gay was a choice.During his Congressional campaign, hefoughtto divertfunds away from HIVand AIDS research, suggesting they instead be used for programs that "provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior," also known as "conversion therapy."Such programs have been banned in several states, and theWorld Psychiatric Association has deemed them "unethical."#Pride flags are hanging up and down @mike_pence's new #DC street. What started it, on @NewsChannel8 @ABC7News at 10/11pm. #LGBT #LGBTQ pic.twitter.com/UwxYa3eX1y' Tim Barber (@ABC7TimBarber) December 1, 2016#Pride flags sending message to @mike_pence outside temporary #DC home. Neighbors say more are coming. @NewsChannel8 @ABC7News #LGBTQ #LGBT pic.twitter.com/a2bfKfJ0yL' Tim Barber (@ABC7TimBarber) December 1, 2016The pride flags popping up in Pence's temporary neighborhood may not have an effect on the policies and ideology of the vice president-elect, but they're a powerful message to Pence that not all of his new neighbors ' or his millions of new constituents ' will stand by to watch anti-LGBTQ discrimination become the law of the land.SEE ALSO:Transgender people in the US are rushing to legally change their name and gender before Trump is inauguratedJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: It's surreal to watch this 2011 video of Obama and Seth Meyers taunting Trump about a presidential run
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