Catherine Templeton in SC legislative records

On Civil Rights: Transgender people should use bathroom matching birth gender

Templeton was asked if she would "stand up for the Lord's word," as in a theocracy, and back a law banning transgender people from using bathrooms matching their gender identity, or if she would "buckle like North Carolina."

Setting aside for the moment that North Carolina's HB2 compromise, HB142, is just more of the same anti-LGBTQ hatred with a slightly different name, it is important to note that South Carolina has so far killed any effort to see a similar bill come to pass in South Carolina.

Both former Governor Nikki Haley and current Governor Henry McMaster have said there is no need for such a law. Templeton said she thinks transgender people should use the bathrooms matching their birth gender, not their identity. She stopped short of calling for a law to be passed.

Source: LGBTQNation.com on South Carolina voting record NC-HB142 Aug 3, 2017

On Homeland Security: Military shouldn't pay for gender reassignment surgery

She also was asked to comment on President Donald Trump's tweet banning transgender people from serving in the military. "I defer to the generals, and the admirals, as to what they believe is best for combat readiness and unit cohesion. No bureaucrat or politician knows more than they do. I tell you this, though, personally, we should not be paying a dime for elective, trans-gender reassignment surgery," she said. "That's outrageous. If you sign up and join as a man, you serve as a man. If you join as a woman, you serve as a woman. I don't think it's any more complicated than that," she added, trying to oversimplify a complex issue.

She made no mention of her stance on all of the other healthcare expenses incurred by insuring soldiers, such as the over $40 million spent on Viagra alone--roughly five times more than the estimated cost of transition-related care for trans individuals.

Source: LGBTQNation.com on South Carolina voting record NC-HB142 Aug 3, 2017

The above quotations are from Legislative voting records for South Carolina House and Senate. Click here for other excerpts from Legislative voting records for South Carolina House and Senate. Click here for other excerpts by Catherine Templeton. Click here for other excerpts by other Governors.
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