This Is What Prompted SC's “Purity Pledge”

An embarrassing (and judging from Google, ongoing) national news story about a Republican “purity pledge” in Laurens County, S.C. had its roots in a small-town affair.

Specifically, the Laurens County Republican Party’s decision to force all GOP candidates to sign a pledge confirming their sexual purity stems from a recent extramarital affair involving Ricky W. Chastain, the sheriff in “them’s there parts.”

Last summer, Chastain publicly acknowledged his participation in an extramarital affair with a female co-worker at the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. The woman – who no longer works under Chastain (ba doom ching) – has subsequently claimed that he forced her out of his job.

– who has steadfastly denied the allegations of discrimination – is running for reelection, incidentally. The Chastain affair was the impetus for the local GOP to draft – and approve – its controversial purity pledge, which would require future candidates to affirm their abstinence from premarital sex, extramarital sex and the viewing of pornography.

In fact, the purity pledge may have been exclusively intended to keep Chastain from appearing on the ballot – which would obviously be against state law.
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http://www.fitsnews.com/2012/03/06/this-is-what-prompted-laurens-countys-purity-pledge/

They are all dumber than dirt.