South Carolina Representatives Prefer Cocks Over Wives

Since I don't have all the details on these nifty little pieces of legislation, I can't really support one or the other. But it does seem highly suspicious that the committee members would make cock fighting a felony while keeping criminal domestic violence a misdemeanor.

A bill protecting cocks (note: tee-hee) passed through the
House Judiciary Committee. Rep. John Graham Altman (R-Dist.
119-Charleston) was in favor of the gamecock bill, "I was all for that.
Cockfighting reminds me of the Roman circus, coliseum."

A bill advocates say would protect victims against batterers was tabled,
killing it for the year. Rep. Altman is on the committee that looked at
the domestic violence bill, "I think this bill is probably drafted out
of an abundance of ignorance."

Kara Gormley from WIStv attempted to interview Rep. John Graham Altman
to gain a better understanding, but he neglected to explain anything to
her. Instead, he just rudely insulted her, and made himself look like a
real idiot, and one that condones domestic violence.

Rep. Altman responds to the comparison, "People who compare the two
are not very smart and if you don't understand the difference, Ms. Gormley,
between trying to ban the savage practice of watching chickens trying to
kill each other and protecting people rights in CDV statutes, I'll never be
able to explain it to you in a 100 years ma'am."

News 10 reporter Kara Gormley asked Altman, "That's fine if you feel you
will never be able to explain it to me, but my question to you is: does
that show that we are valuing a gamecock's life over a woman's life?"

Altman again, "You're really not very bright and I realize you are not
accustomed to this, but I'm accustomed to reporters having a better sense
of depth of things and you're asking this question to me would indicate
you can't understand the answer. To ask the question is to demonstrate an
enormous amount of ignorance. I'm not trying to be rude or hostile, I'm
telling you."

Gormley, "It's rude when you tell someone they are not very bright."

Altman, "You're not very bright and you'll just have to live with that."

Isn't that just precious. An elected representative in South Carolina behaving like an eight year-old.

Perhaps Mr. Altman has something to hide. I would think it would be fairly easy to explain the "number of legal and technical problems that would have made it very difficult to pass." But Mr. Altman wasn't interested in that. Maybe he just wanted to bash a female journalist. With goals like that, it's no wonder the bill didn't get approved.

via Majikthise