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A resolution by the Laurens County Republican Party is raising eyebrows — and questions — about what it means to be a Republican in South Carolina.

At issue is a “purity” pledge that the Upstate county’s party approved Feb. 28, requiring those who file to run in the June 12 Republican primary to promise they did not have premarital sex, will be faithful to their spouses and will not watch porn while also fighting to protect gun rights.
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The pledge is giving S.C. Democrats a good laugh. “It’s absolutely absurd,” said Phil Bailey, director of the state Senate Democratic Caucus. “While the rest of the country is living in the 21st century, South Carolina Republicans are stuck in a social time machine. http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/06/2678172/south-carolina-gop-says-
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You must favor, and live up to, abstinence before marriage.

You must be faithful to your spouse.

Your spouse cannot be a person of the same gender.

You cannot now, from the moment you sign this pledge, look at pornography.

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