Last month, a South Carolina county council unanimously passed a slate of items before moving on to other business. There was no discussion — the vote took less than 10 seconds.
The items approved by the council included Resolution R-51-2022, which proclaimed June as Pride Month in Horry County, an area along the coast of South Carolina with about 365,000 residents.
“The month of June historically has been designated as Pride Month, which celebrates everyone’s right to live without fear or prejudice, discrimination, violence or hatred based on sexual orientation or gender identity,” read the resolution signed by Chairman Johnny Gardner on May 17.
Except none of the council members had read the full agenda.
“No one on council caught it because the resolution just said ‘pride month,’ ” Councilman Johnny Vaught told CNN in an email.
On June 7, three weeks later, the Horry County Council unanimously voted to rescind the resolution after receiving complaints from constituents who disagreed with the decision, Vaught told CNN.
Wouldn’t want to step into the 21 Century now, would we?