{"id":156,"date":"2016-02-05T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T00:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2016-02-06T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T16:17:56","slug":"open-letter-to-republican-south-carolina-senators-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/05\/open-letter-to-republican-south-carolina-senators-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter to REPUBLICAN South Carolina Senators ( 27 )"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Christians for Personhood<\/h4>\n

\u00a0P.O. Box 12222, Columbia, S.C.\u00a0 29211<\/h4>\n

ChristiansforPersonhood.com<\/a><\/h4>\n

God says: \u201cThou shalt not kill (murder).\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Exodus 20:13, <\/strong>KJV<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

February 4, 2016<\/p>\n

To: Open Letter to REPUBLICAN South Carolina Senators ( 27 )<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cc:\u00a0 Mark Cheslak, Chairman \/ Jim Schirmer, Vice Chairman, Christians for Personhood, Columbia, SC<\/p>\n

Richard Cash, Executive Director, Personhood South Carolina, Piedmont, SC<\/p>\n

Subj: County Results for Republican Advisory Q #1, June 2014 Republican Primary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear REPUBLICAN South Carolina Senators, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Attached to this letter is a print-out from the South Carolina Election Commission website which shows the Official Results<\/a> by County for Republican Advisory Question #1, in the June 2014 Statewide Primary Election.<\/p>\n

The raw vote totals are displayed, which totaled 240,453 ( 78.6% ) in favor of Republican Advisory Question #1, out of a total of 305,726 votes cast. Each and every County of the 45 Counties which reported showed a large majority in favor of Republican Advisory Question #1, ranging from a high of 88.1% of the voters to a low of 69.2% of the voters in these 45 Counties.<\/p>\n

The text of Republican Advisory Question #1 on the Official Ballot<\/a>, read as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cShould Article I, Section 3 of the South Carolina Constitution be amended to include the following <\/strong>language?\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe privileges and immunities of citizens of South Carolina and the United States shall not be abridged, <\/strong>so that no person shall be deprived of life without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the <\/strong>equal protection of the laws. These rights shall extend to both born and pre-born persons beginning at conception.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yes [\u00a0\u00a0 ]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No\u00a0 [\u00a0\u00a0 ]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>On the reverse side of this letter is a list of the County Results for Republican Advisory Q #1, June 2014 Republican Primary ( by Percentage<\/u> ), calculated from the raw vote data on SC Election Commission website.<\/p>\n

On April 28, 2015, a Joint Resolution ( S.719<\/a> ) was introduced in the South Carolina Senate to place virtually the identical, verbatim language which appeared in Republican Advisory Q #1, in the June 2014 Republican Primary, as an actual proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot in November 2016.<\/p>\n

[The only difference is the removal of the hyphen in the word \u2018preborn\u2019. ]<\/p>\n

There are presently nine Senate co-sponsors of S.719<\/a>, the SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment:<\/p>\n

Bright, Bryant, Cromer, Fair, Grooms, S. Martin, Massey, Shealy, Turner. [ If you have not signed on yet as a co-sponsor, please do so as soon as possible. Why should there not be 27 Republican Senate co-sponsors ? ]<\/p>\n

In addition, the SC Personhood Project led by Personhood South Carolina, has received the pledges ( https:\/\/personhood.sc\/pledge\/<\/a> ) of eight SC Senators: \u00a0Bright, Bryant, Corbin, Fair, Gregory, Hayes, Shealy, Verdin [ If you have not yet signed the pledge, please go to https:\/\/personhood.sc\/<\/a> to download pledge. ]<\/p>\n

Over the past 17 years of introducing Personhood BILLS<\/u> in the SC Legislature ( 1998-2015<\/a> ), the General Assembly has failed to establish justice for pre-birth human beings by actually passing any of these bills in both chambers. S.719<\/a> introduced on April 28, 2015 is the first time a proposed Personhood Constitutional AMENDMENT<\/u> has been introduced.\u00a0 It is time to LET THE PEOPLE VOTE<\/u> !!!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus Christ is \u201cthe King of kings, and Lord of lords\u201d ( 1 Timothy 6:15, KJV<\/a> ),<\/p>\n

Steve Lefemine<\/p>\n

exec. dir., Christians for Personhood\u00a0 ( CP@spiritcom.net )<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

County Results for Republican Advisory Q #1, June 2014 Republican Primary ( by Percentage ):<\/strong><\/p>\n

[ Calculated from raw vote data on SC Election Commission website ]\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abbeville: Yes \u2013 85.4%; No \u2013 14.6%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aiken: Yes \u2013 79.7%; No \u2013 20.3%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allendale: Yes \u2013 73.8%; No \u2013 26.2%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anderson: Yes \u2013 81.8%; No \u2013 18.2%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bamberg: Yes \u2013 80.0%; No \u2013 20.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barnwell: Yes \u2013 81.4%; No \u2013 18.6%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beaufort: Yes \u2013 74.4%; No \u2013 25.6%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Berkeley: Yes \u2013 77.5%; No \u2013 22.5%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calhoun: Yes \u2013 79.5%; No \u2013 20.5%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charleston: Yes \u2013 69.7%; No \u2013 30.3%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherokee: Yes \u2013 84.9%; No \u2013 15.1%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chester: Yes \u2013 88.1%; No \u2013 11.9%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chesterfield: Yes \u2013 85.2%; No \u2013 14.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clarendon: Yes \u2013 82.5%; No \u2013 17.5%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colleton: Yes \u2013 74.3%; No \u2013 25.7%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Darlington: Yes \u2013 81.5%; No \u2013 18.5%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dillon: Yes \u2013 85.2%; No \u2013 14.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorchester: Yes \u2013 75.8%; No \u2013 24.2%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Edgefield: Yes \u2013 83.2%; No \u2013 16.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fairfield: Yes \u2013 82.3%; No \u2013 17.7%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Florence: Yes \u2013 82.2%; No \u2013 17.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Georgetown: Yes \u2013 72.4%; No \u2013 27.6%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greenville: Yes \u2013 82.9%; No \u2013 17.1%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greenwood: Yes \u2013 82.1%; No \u2013 17.9%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hampton: Yes \u2013 79.8%; No \u2013 20.2%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Horry: Yes \u2013 77.0%; No \u2013 23.0%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jasper: Yes \u2013 76.2%; No \u2013 23.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kershaw: Yes \u2013 76.7%; No \u2013 23.3%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lancaster: Yes \u2013 81.2%; No \u2013 18.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laurens: Yes \u2013 84.2%; No \u2013 15.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lee: Yes \u2013 83.6%; No \u2013 16.4%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lexington: Yes \u2013 77.0%; No \u2013 23.0%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marion: Yes \u2013 81.9%; No \u2013 18.1%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marlboro: Yes \u2013 81.9%; No \u2013 18.1%<\/strong><\/p>\n

McCormick: Yes \u2013 79.4%; No \u2013 20.6%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Newberry: Yes \u2013 76.9%; No \u2013 23.1%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oconee: Yes \u2013 76.6%; No \u2013 23.4%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Orangeburg: Yes \u2013 81.2%; No \u2013 18.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pickens: Yes \u2013 82.1%; No \u2013 17.9%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richland: Yes \u2013 69.2%; No \u2013 30.8%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saluda: Yes \u2013 82.1%; No \u2013 17.9%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spartanburg: Yes \u2013 82.5%; No \u2013 17.5%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sumter: Yes \u2013 82.7%; No \u2013 17.3%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Union: Yes \u2013 87.3%; No \u2013 12.7%<\/strong><\/p>\n

York: Yes \u2013 81.6%; No \u2013 18.4%<\/strong><\/p>\n

_____________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total: Yes \u2013 78.6%; No \u2013 21.4%<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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