South Carolina Senator Apologizes for Unwed Mother Comment
Jim DeMint, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina, had to apologize in October for saying that unwed, pregnant women should not be allowed to teach in public schools.
Earlier this year, DeMint had said that homosexuals should not be allowed to teach in public schools. When asked to defend that remark in an interview with the Aiken Standard, DeMint dug himself deeper by saying,
I would have given the same answer when asked if a single woman, who was pregnant and living with her boyfriend, should be hired to teach my third-grade children. I just think the moral decisions are different with a teacher.
Oddly enough, DeMint himself was raised by a single mother. He apologized for the remark the next day saying,
So as my wife often reminds me, sometimes my heart disengages from my head and I say something I shouldn’t and that’s what happened yesterday. I clearly said something as a dad that I just shouldn’t have said. And I apologize.
Polls currently show DeMint with a major lead over Democratic candidate Inez Tenenbaum.
Sources:
Senate candidate apologizes for comment. Jennifer Holland, Associated Press, October 6, 2004.
Candidate: No single, pregnant teachers in classroom. Associated Press, October 6, 2004.
DeMint keeps lead in S.C. poll. Associated Press, October 13, 2004.
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