{"id":513,"date":"2018-07-26T15:55:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T20:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2018-08-07T20:37:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T01:37:22","slug":"two-republican-pro-personhood-candidates-for-sc-senate-district-20-primary-august-14-benjamin-dunn-christian-stegmaier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/26\/two-republican-pro-personhood-candidates-for-sc-senate-district-20-primary-august-14-benjamin-dunn-christian-stegmaier\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate  District #20 &#8211; Primary August 14: Benjamin Dunn, Christian Stegmaier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">Christians<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">for Personhood<\/a> ( <a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">CP<\/a> )<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">Columbia, South Carolina<br \/>\nJuly 25, 2018\/ Revised July 31, 2018\/ Revised August 2, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-514\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/banner.jpg 690w, https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/banner-150x49.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/banner-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/banner-624x203.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">SC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">Senate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">District<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">#20<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">&#8211; Primary August 14: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dunnforsenate.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Benjamin <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dunnforsenate.com\/\">Dunn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianstegmaier.com\/\">Christian <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianstegmaier.com\/\">Stegmaier<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________<br \/>\n____________________________________<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/politics-government\/article214126569.html\">four Republican candidates<\/a> running in the August 14 Primary of the SC State Senate\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: large;\">District 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scvotes.org\/state-senate-district-20-special-election\">Special Election<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two* of these Republican candidates are confirmed supporters of <a href=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/\">SC Personhood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/billsearch.php?billnumbers=217\">Legislation<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/politics-government\/article214077529.html\">Benjamin <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/politics-government\/article214077529.html\">Dunn<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/politics-government\/article213980389.html\">Christian <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/politics-government\/article213980389.html\">Stegmaier<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* <u>Note<\/u>: Both of these men are professing Christians and attorneys.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________________<br \/>\n____________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of Personhood legislation is to establish justice for all pre-birth human beings, recognizing\u00a0 the Creator God-given unalienable right to life of every human being as a \u201cperson\u201d, in law, at fertilization, and that without exception, because God&#8217;s Word says, &#8220;Thou shalt not kill (murder).&#8221;\u00a0 Exodus 20:13, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/108\/\">KJV<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">SC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">Senate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">District<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">#20<\/a> includes parts of both Richland and Lexington Counties,\u00a0running from White Rock to Ballentine and Irmo, along I-26 and I-126, thru downtown Columbia, continuing southeast thru Shandon and other Columbia neighborhoods to I-77, and vicinity [ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scstatehouse.gov\/maps\/senate\/Sen20.pdf\">Map<\/a> ].<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>_________________________________<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-515\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2-150x23.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2-300x46.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/thestandardsc.org\/\">TheStandardSC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thestandardsc.org\/\">.org<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Christian Stegmaier candidate for Senate Seat #20<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>by Michael Reed | July 11, 2018<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thestandardsc.org\/exclusive-interview-christian-stegmaier-candidate-for-senate-seat-20\">http:\/\/thestandardsc.org\/exclusive-interview-christian-stegmaier-candidate-for-senate-seat-20<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[ Excerpt, emphasis added ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Christian believes that \u201clife begins at conception.\u201d He says we have a \u201cresponsibility to the unborn\u201d and that the \u201cunborn should be protected.\u201d He says in the law a person \u201ccan be charged with a crime if we kill a fetus.\u201d He emphasized that abortion is a \u201cfederally driven issue\u201d but that the \u201c5th and 14th Amendments say each person has a right to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the recent Greenville Women\u2019s Clinic news violating state law concerning improper disposal of aborted babies as \u201cmedical waste\u201d, he said it was \u201creprehensible to God\u2019s creation.\u201d Stegmaier emphasized that as a people we must \u201creturn to a notion of accountability.\u201d <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>He said he believes in \u201cpersonhood of the fetus.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">____________________________<br \/>\n____________________________<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>Letter from Benjamin Dunn received and publicized by Personhood South Carolina ( Gaffney, SC ):<\/p>\n<p><b>Dunn, SC Senate District 20 Candidate, Pledges Support for Personhood&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-516\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3.png 552w, https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-115x150.png 115w, https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Benjamin Dunn<br \/>\nSC Senate District 20<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>July 24, 2018<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Re: Personhood Legislation Position Statement<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>This letter is in response to your request for my position on personhood legislation. I pledge to defend all preborn lives, without exception, by granting my full support to personhood legislation if I am elected to the South Carolina Senate. By &#8220;full support&#8221; I mean co-sponsoring personhood legislation, voting in favor of personhood at every opportunity (including procedural votes such as recall motions, special order motions, tabling motions, cloture votes, and committee votes), and using all positional powers to move personhood forward without delay.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>\/s\/<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Dunn<\/p>\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Posted PDF:<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/christianlifeandliberty.net\/2018-07-26-Two-Republican-Pro-Personhood-Candidates-SC-Senate-Distr-20-Primary-Aug-14-Dunn-Stegmaier-revisedJul31-revisedAug02.pdf\">Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate District #20<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Primary August 14: Benjamin Dunn, Christian Stegmaier<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christians for Personhood ( CP ) Columbia, South Carolina July 25, 2018\/ Revised July 31, 2018\/ Revised August 2, 2018 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,80],"tags":[82,12,17,81],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personhood","category-personhood-candidates","tag-2018-elections","tag-personhood","tag-sc-general-assembly","tag-sc-senate-district-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}