{"id":254776,"date":"2021-03-19T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=254776"},"modified":"2021-03-19T09:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:15:23","slug":"south-carolina-democrat-party-attacks-democrat-lawmaker-over-trans-bill-bigotry-will-find-no-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-democrat-party-attacks-democrat-lawmaker-over-trans-bill-bigotry-will-find-no-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Democrat Party Attacks Democrat Lawmaker Over Trans Bill: \u2018Bigotry Will Find No Quarter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-carolina-democrat-party-attacks-democrat-lawmaker-over-trans-bill-bigotry-will-find-no-quarter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=254776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1052957456-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The South Carolina Democrat Party (SCDP) slammed state Rep. Cezar McKnight (D-101) after McKnight introduced legislation this month that would ban minors from undergoing sex reassignment surgery or receiving puberty blockers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse Bill 4047 will criminalize not just the affirmation of one\u2019s gender, but would turn teachers and faculty into criminals for simply listening to students,\u201d SCDP Chairman Trav Robertson, Jr., <a href=\"https:\/\/scdp.org\/scdp-news\/press-releases\/scdp-chair-trav-robertson-jr-responds-to-latest-discriminatory-legislation-introduced-in-state-house\/\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cGovernment should never replace the advice of sound medical counsel, provided by professional practitioners. While the author of this bill is a Democrat, I ask all Democratic legislators to stand in firm opposition to this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bills-south-carolina-258ee58ac76a240b029feb19063f59c0\">reported<\/a> this week that the SCDP approved a resolution condemning the bill, known as the \u201cSouth Carolina Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resolution claimed that the bill was \u201cill-founded, unscientific, and apt to result in death and other negative outcomes for transgender citizens of all ages, and the South Carolina Democratic Party thus condemns this outrageous bill \u2013 and its Democratic supporters \u2013 in the strongest possible terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBigotry will find no quarter among South Carolina Democrats, and those who embrace bigotry of any kind will face broad opposition and our most vigorous condemnation,\u201d the resolution concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.446043165468\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After McKnight\u2019s bill was introduced, leaders of the South Carolina Democratic Party approved a resolution saying the party \u201ccondemns this outrageous bill \u2014 and its Democratic supporters \u2014 in the strongest possible terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MegKinnardAP\/status\/1372289463460708358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The bill, which has support so far from nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers, would ban minors from receiving transgender surgeries and medical treatments and would charge any violators with felonies and risk potential prison sentences of up to 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-introduces-bill-to-ban-minors-from-getting-transgender-reassignment-surgery-treatments\">states<\/a> in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"48\">\n<p><em>\u2026no person shall engage in, counsel, make a referral for, or cause any of the following practices to be performed upon a minor if the practice is performed for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of or affirm the minor\u2019s perception of the minor\u2019s gender or sex, if that perception is inconsistent with the minor\u2019s sex as defined in this chapter:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(1)&nbsp; &nbsp; prescribing, dispensing, administering, or otherwise supplying puberty-blocking medication to stop or delay normal puberty;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(2)&nbsp; &nbsp; prescribing, dispensing, administering, or otherwise supplying supraphysiologic doses of testosterone or other androgens to females;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(3)&nbsp; &nbsp; prescribing, dispensing, administering, or otherwise supplying supraphysiologic doses of estrogen to males;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(4)&nbsp; &nbsp; performing surgeries that sterilize, including castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, and penectomy;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(5)&nbsp; &nbsp; performing surgeries that artificially construct tissue with the appearance of genitalia that differs from the individual\u2019s sex, including metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty; or<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(6)&nbsp; &nbsp; removing any healthy or nondiseased body part or tissue.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McKnight, whose district is two-thirds black and overwhelmingly Democrat, said that he has had strong support in his district for this and noted that his bill is not about discrimination, but rather making sure people are old enough to understand the consequences of such life-altering decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Democrats tend to be more conservative than white progressives,\u201d McKnight told AP reporter Meg Kinnard. \u201cI would not have ever put this bill forward if I didn\u2019t think the people in my district wouldn\u2019t be receptive, and they are. Pastors, young parents, older parents, they all tell me the same thing: if you want to do this, wait until you\u2019re 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5221843003413\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">H Bill 4047 does not discriminate against anyone. It requires a person to be at least 18 years old before being able to undergo transgender procedures.  You have to be 18 to get a tattoo. Surely you need to be an adult to change your gender?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cezar E. McKnight (@cezarmcknight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cezarmcknight\/status\/1370050247108526082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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