reversed? citing homemade dump mike pence signs that have apparently been popping up. matthew tully continues the problem with governor pence running for a second term is that it is still unclear why he ran for a first term. if he thought it was a stepping stone to highers office, well, he certainly stepped in something. what "the star" is referring to mostly is this. governor mike pence making himself and the state of indiana famous and not in a good way when he signed into law a bill that would make it effectively illegal to discriminate against and refuse to serve people because they are gay. the prospect of indiana becoming the we don't serve gays here state led to a national uproar and boycott threats from across the kun try and in some cases across the world and businesses large and small threatening to yank themselves out of the state