New bills in SC will make cockfighting a felony but not domestic violence

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3233130&nav=0RaMYral

Judiciary Committee passes cockfighting bill, tables domestic violence bill

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<<A bill protecting cocks passed through the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. John Graham Altman (R-Dist. 119-Charleston) was in favor of the gamecock bill, "I was all for that. Cockfighting reminds me of the Roman circus, coliseum.">>

<<Both cockfighting and domestic violence are currently misdemeanor crimes, punishable by 30 days in jail. If the bill passes, cockfighting will become a felony, punishable by five years in jail. Domestic violence crimes will remain a misdemeanor.

Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D-Dist. 66-Orangeburg) says of the two bills, "What we have said by the actions of the Judiciary Committee is we aren't going to create a felony if you beat your wife, partner. But now, if you've got some cockfighting going on, whoa! Wait a minute."

Rep. Altman responds to the comparison, "People who compare the two are not very smart and if you don't understand the difference, Ms. Gormley, between trying to ban the savage practice of watching chickens trying to kill each other and protecting people rights in CDV statutes, I'll never be able to explain it to you in a 100 years ma'am." >>

Basically he says that there "ought" not to be a second occurence of domestic violence to the same women by the same man because any straight thinking woman wouldn't go back into a situation like that. He says "you women want it both ways." Yes he actually said that.

You should read the entire article... definitely scary and people actually voted for him.

That how Neo-Cons think. Right?

what else do you expect?

That's where a lot of Republicans make their political connections.

You think I'm kidding, don't you?

:shrug:

I mean it is so absurd and disgusting that it makes you want to gag but yet it is soooo horrible that most people just want to laugh it off. It's disgusting.... in my office people have said "Well that's Charleston for you." So Charleston, the historic jewel of SC, is also know for it's male chauvenistic women-should-know-better-than-to-let-themselves-get-abused ways? :shrug:

It's attitudes like this that make everyone think everyone in SC is like this and then it makes many of the sidelines democrats throw up their arms and walk off the political field all together because they figure if this is the starting point we are never going to have a democratic victory.

Being a democrat in SC takes work I tell you!