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Does S.C. love its women as much as its chickens?
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Edited | Joshua L. Apr 25, 2005 05:36pm |
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| Category | Editorial |
| Media | Newspaper - The State |
| News Date | Monday, April 25, 2005 11:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The always-entertaining Most Backward State in the Union contest took an interesting bounce last week.
With Kansas having gone three or four whole days without trying to teach creationism in science classes and Florida having neglected to botch an election lately, plucky little South Carolina shot to the head of the pack. Amazingly, it achieved this feat without even mentioning the Confederate rag. Sorry, flag.
No, South Carolina’s leadership in backwardness comes courtesy of a bizarre and revealing debate about domestic violence. It seems a legislative committee passed a bill making cockfighting a felony while at the same time tabling one that would have increased penalties for domestic violence. The domestic violence measure was, we are told, flawed, and lawmakers promised to revisit soon.
Maybe it is and maybe they will. Still, the unfortunate juxtaposition of the two bills left the impression that here was a state with its priorities out of whack — protecting chickens while leaving women to fend for themselves. It’s an appearance a smart lawmaker could have easily finessed.
And then there’s Republican Rep. John Graham Altman.
Already infamous in his state for idiotic pronouncements about blacks and gays, he was in fine fettle when WIS-TV came calling. Altman told reporter Kara Gormley she was “not very bright” for asking about the failure to toughen penalties for domestic violence. He also questioned why women stay with men who abuse them. “I mean, you women want it one way and not another.” |
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