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Sexual orientation back in South Carolina hate crime bill March 16, 2021 at 4:33 pm COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A group of South Carolina lawmakers have added back protections for gay or transgender people to a hate crime bill, five days after removing them. But they then voted to remove stalking and harassment from the crimes that could add an extra hate crime penalty, leaving the proposal only to deal with violent offenses The bill passed the House Judiciary Committee 23-0 on Tuesday and now heads to the House floor. Rep. Wendell Gilliard, a Charleston Democrat, has pushed for a state hate crime bill since nine black church members were killed in a racist attack at a Charleston church in 2015. He said removing non-violent offenses from the proposal is troubling.

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