{"id":212,"date":"2016-03-17T18:43:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T23:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2016-03-20T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T20:05:31","slug":"sc-personhood-amendment-passes-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-favorably-by-2y-1n-vote-march-17-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/17\/sc-personhood-amendment-passes-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-favorably-by-2y-1n-vote-march-17-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Personhood Amendment passes Senate Judiciary Subcommittee favorably by 2Y-1N vote – March 17, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Focus on the SC pro-personhood effort now shifts to the 22-man SC Senate Judiciary Committee.\u00a0See list here<\/a> of SC Judiciary Committee members ( 13 R, 9 D ) and the Members’ Positions on the S.719<\/a> SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment.\u00a0 Please contact especially these eight Senators<\/u>,\u00a0below who are not presently listed<\/a> as\u00a0S.719<\/a> co-sponsors, asking for their support and their ‘Yea’ vote for S.719<\/a> in the full Judiciary Committee, which could possibly vote on S.719<\/a> as early as Tuesday, March 22 in their next regular meeting<\/a>:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

See these Senators’ individual webpages and contact information posted here<\/a>:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1) Sean Bennett<\/a> ( R – Berk, Chas, Dorch ) – not presently co-sponsor of S.719<\/a>, co-sponsored S.457<\/a> in 2013-2014<\/p>\n

2) Greg Hembree<\/a> ( R – Dillon, Horry ) – not presently co-sponsor of S.719<\/a>, co-sponsored S.457<\/a> in 2013-2014<\/p>\n

3) Larry A. Martin, Chairman<\/a> ( R – Pickens ) – not presently co-sponsor of S.719<\/a>,\u00a0 but says will vote for S719<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n

[ Note<\/u>: This is seen as a pragmatic position of political survival; Larry Martin has two Republican opponents in the June 14, 2016 Republican Primary, BOTH\u00a0<\/u>of whom are personhood supporters.\u00a0 Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin has been a judicial supremacist opponent of S719, and has delayed assigning S.719<\/a> to a Judiciary Subcommittee for over 10 months after S719 was introduced in the SC Senate on April 28, 2015 ! ]<\/p>\n

4) Luke A. Rankin<\/a> ( R – Horry ) – non-supporter of S.719<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

5) Paul Thurmond<\/a> ( R – Chas, Dorch ) – not presently co-sponsor of S.719<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

6) J. Thomas McElveen, III<\/a> ( D – Kershaw, Lee, Rich, Sumter ) – non-supporter of S.719<\/a><\/p>\n

7) Ronnie A. Sabb<\/a> ( D – Berk, Flor, George, Horry, Williams ) – not presently co-sponsor of S.719<\/a>
\n[ occupies Senate seat previously held by Yancey McGill ( D ); McGill co-sponsored S.457<\/a> in 2013-2014 ]<\/p>\n

8) George E.”Chip” Campsen, III<\/a> ( R – Beau, Chas, Coll ) anti-personhood judicial supremacist, professing Christian ( Baptist )<\/p>\n

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Summary of Recent Events<\/u>:<\/p>\n

1) With the pressure building for a Recall vote on the floor of the Senate, which would have potentially put all 45 SC Senators on the record, one way or another, as to their stand on\u00a0the SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman\u00a0Larry Martin<\/a> ( R – Pickens ) agreed last Thursday ( March 10 ) to finally assign S.719<\/a> to\u00a0a Judiciary Subcommitte ( over 10 months after S.719<\/a> was introduced on April 28, 2015 ).\u00a0As requested, he assigned S.719<\/a> to a favorable subcommittee ( two S.719<\/a> co-sponsors\u00a0and one opponent ), with Senator Lee Bright<\/a> ( R-Gvl\/Spart ), the primary bill sponsor, as the Subcommittee Chairman, and Senator Larry Martin<\/a> also agreed to vote for S.719<\/a>\u00a0in the full Judiciary Committee [ He has also said since then that he intends to vote against\u00a0<\/u><\/i>S.719<\/a> on the floor of the full SC Senate. ]<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

2) On Wednesday, March 16, Personhood South Carolina<\/a> conducted a Personhood Day in\u00a0Columbia, urging personhood supporters to meet with SC Representatives and SC Senators,\u00a0followed by an energizing rally in the First Floor Lobby of the SC State House at which several evangelical and protestant Christians pastors spoke strong messages of exhortation and challenge, well received by pro-personhood supporters, adults and children, present.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

3) Also as of March 16, Senator Larry Martin’s agreement from the previous week to assign S.719<\/a> to a favorable Judiciary Subcommittee was posted on the www.scstatehouse.gov<\/a> website here<\/a>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

4) The Judiciary Subcommittee public hearing was held today, March 17, with several speakers for and against.\u00a0 At the conclusion of the testimony, the vote of the subcommittee was taken, and\u00a0S.719<\/a> passed favorably by a voice vote of 2 Yea ( Bright<\/a>, Corbin<\/a> ) to 1 Nay ( Bright Matthews<\/a> ).\u00a0Thank God for the righteous votes of Senators Lee Bright<\/a> and Tom Corbin<\/a> to establish justice !<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

5) The next step will hopefully be the full Judiciary Committee at its regular meeting next Tuesday,\u00a0March 22 as should be posted here<\/a> by Friday ( March 18 ) COB.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Contact members from 22-man Judiciary Committee listed posted here<\/a>, especially these Senators:<\/p>\n

Sean Bennett<\/a> ( R – Berk, Chas, Dorch )<\/p>\n

Greg Hembree<\/a> ( R – Dillon, Horry )<\/p>\n

Larry A. Martin, Chairman<\/a> ( R – Pickens )<\/p>\n

Luke A. Rankin<\/a> ( R – Horry )<\/p>\n

Paul Thurmond<\/a> ( R – Chas, Dorch )<\/p>\n

J. Thomas McElveen, III<\/a> ( D – Kershaw, Lee, Rich, Sumter )<\/p>\n

Ronnie A. Sabb<\/a> ( D – Berk, Flor, George, Horry, Williams )<\/p>\n

George E.”Chip” Campsen, III<\/a> ( R – Beau, Chas, Coll ).<\/p>\n

* Edited March 18, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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