The South Carolina lgbt community gained a huge victory yesterday when a teen dating violence bill that excluded same sex couples was tabled in the SC Legislature.
This means the bill is officially dead for this legislative session.
The bill, created by Representative Joan Brady, would have required school districts to distribute written materials to parents and students about the dangers of teen dating violence.
An amendment was added by another representative, Greg Delleny, said that the bill could only pertain to heterosexual couples.
Delleny said he did this because he was afraid that schools would be "forced" to teach students about same-sex relationships.
Lgbts in South Carolina protested Delleny's actions in a variety of ways, including holding a press conference on the second floor of the State House with two other state representatives, Ken Kennedy and Gilda Cobb-Hunter.
Past posts on teen dating violence bill:
Press conference justifies my faith in South Carolina
South Carolina lgbts, allies will speak against discriminatory bill
Bill with anti-gay amendment passes
SC legislator wants to exclude gays from teen dating violence bill
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