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Mon Apr 7, 2014, 01:13 PM Apr 2014

South Carolina, is there something in the water?

The GOP state government water, that is.

South Carolina Lawmaker Accuses State University Of 'Recruiting' Lesbians

Submitted by Miranda Blue on Monday, 4/7/2014 12:54 pm

Last month, the South Carolina House voted to cut $70,000 from the budgets of two state universities to punish them for assigning books about LGBT people to students. Now, a state senator is accusing one of the schools of gay “recruitment” for hosting a one-woman comedy show called “How To Be A Lesbian In 10 Days Or Less," and has caused the show to be canceled. “That’s not an explanation of ‘I was born this way,’” Sen. Mike Fair told Greenville’s WYFF of the planned show at University of South Carolina-Upstate. “That’s recruiting.” Fair added that the assigned reading at USC-Upstate and the College of Charleston was “just not normal” and amounted to the “glorification of same-sex culture.” In response, USC-Upstate noted that the show and its title are meant to be “satirical in nature,” but canceled the performance, saying that it had “become a distraction.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/south-carolina-lawmaker-accuses-state-university-recruiting-lesbians#sthash.rsw4cNha.dpuf

Lee Bright Promises To Fight Obama Like Bashar al-Assad, Rails Against 'Homosexual Indoctrination'

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Monday, 4/7/2014 12:20 pm

South Carolina state senator and US Senate candidate Lee Bright said yesterday that Republicans should learn from Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in their fight against President Obama and promised to oppose the “indoctrination” of the “homosexual agenda.” Speaking on Washington Watch with Josh Duggar, the TLC reality TV star who also serves as executive director of the Family Research Council’s campaign arm, Bright said GOP leaders like Speaker John Boehner should have the “courage” of al-Assad and Russian president Vladimir Putin. He also promised to fight to “take back” the “educational establishment” from the “homosexual agenda” before it “indoctrinates” the “next generation.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/lee-bright-promises-fight-obama-bashar-al-assad-rails-against-homosexual-indoctrination#sthash.cYrJQnzA.dpuf

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South Carolina, is there something in the water? (Original Post) Archae Apr 2014 OP
Mike Fair is a dolt. Yes, SC has her share of mentally challenged politicians. nt raccoon Apr 2014 #1
If it's in coal ash, it's in the water. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2014 #2
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