South Carolina protects cocks, not women

The South Carolina House Judiciary Committee decided yesterday to protect gamecocks, but not domestic violence victims.
The Republican-controlled committee voted to make cockfighting a felony, but tabled a bill that would have done the same for domestic violence.
Let’s look to State Rep. John Graham Altman, of Charleston, to illuminate this issue.
On protecting cocks: “I was all for that. Cockfighting reminds me of the Roman circus, coliseum.”
On protecting women: “I think this bill is probably drafted out of an abundance of ignorance… The woman ought not to be around the man. I mean you women want it one way and not another.”
Altman’s offensive comments don’t stop there.
Prior to the committee’s vote, both cockfighting and domestic violence were misdemeanors. If the cockfighting bill passes, harming gamecocks will be punishable by up to five years in jail. Beating your wife will result in no more than 30 days in jail.
Luckily, leaders have promised to revive the domestic violence bill. In the meantime, South Carolina feministas can tell their representatives that they value women above cocks.
Thanks to the Feminist Initiative at Furman University (in Greenville, SC) for the link.