Sexual orientation back in South Carolina hate crime bill
Source: Associated Press
JEFFREY COLLINS,
Associated Press
March 16, 2021
Updated: March 16, 2021 5:58 p.m.
The bill passed the House Judiciary Committee 23-0 on Tuesday and now heads to the House floor.
Rep. Wendell Gilliard, a Charleston Democrat, has pushed for a state hate crime bill since nine black church members were killed in a racist attack at a Charleston church in 2015. He said removing non-violent offenses from the proposal is troubling.
But he agreed with Republican leaders that the key was to get the bill to the House floor and approved before an April 10 deadline, after which the proposal would be nearly impossible to pass.
“We changed it back once. We can keep fighting as long as it is alive,” Gilliard said.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Sexual-orientation-back-in-South-Carolina-hate-16030914.php
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