IOW, they want bigots who hate the same people that they do. They want candidates who are anti-women's rights. They want candidates that are not human since no human can live up to that ideal. If this is what the Republican party is coming to in this nation, it deserves to quickly die out.

Another observation, this pledge will once again make South Carolina the laughing stock of this nation.
I am embarrassed to tell anyone i live in this backwards state due to idocy such as this.

I just fell off my chair laughing! What will prevent anyone from doing these things? Republicans do them all! Are they going to spy on people to be sure they abide by this pledge?

I agree with Ken! What is wrong with these people? Are they really that desperate?

Absurdity knows no end! Is this a joke? A Democrat dirty trick? Jim Y.

This is real. Democrats would not stoop to this level of stupidity!

I feel fortunate that I don't live in that area. The Republican Party is so becoming the party of social engineering. These people are only verifying that these people are out of touch with the Amerian people by attempting to coerce their beliefs upon others.

They should put a pledge in there that they won't marry their mother or sister - sounds like there has already been quite of bit of that among the authors of this pathetic 'pledge'.

Sounds like the Republican Party is showing their true beliefs just like the Taliban. Pretty soon the woman will be required to cover their heads and not be seen out without a male escort. I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would be voting for a Republican. I think the entire party has gone insane. I think this is the Middle east sending people over here to pose as Americans. Anyone voting for a Republican should be ashamed of themselves.

I think I have the answer. When you have an orgasim there is a surge of oxytocin released. Oxytocin calms the mental facilities, helps regulate the g.I.tract, even makes you more social. If they have to sign a pledge basically wiping out masturbation to porn, then no orgasim, thus no surge of oxytocin. If they are gay then no sex, again no surge of oxytocin. No birth control so no sex with the spouse unless you want a brood of offspring. Basically no orgasim ever unless you're procreating. With all of this lack of orgasim in the republican party I theorize they are either I same or constipated because of low oxytocin levels. I have the cure for the g.o.p. oxytocin. If they won't masturbate or have sex they do sell oxytocin candles and in nasal spray.

Is this a joke? Weird...

Hmmm! The psychodynamics of the principles listed here are really kind of unmistakeable. I mean, think about it: Sex, Guns, and Money. Were Freud still alive, is there any doubt but that he would set up a research center in Laurens County?

On second thought, make that a research & treatment center.

Memo to Chad Connelly:

Re the Tolstoy-sized addendum of 28 "principles of Republicanism" tacked on to all of the previously-existing "principles of Republicanism" by the Laurens County GOP...

1. Exactly when did the national office of the Grand Old Party ask those smooth, cosmopolitan, GQ-reading, Dos Equis-drinking metro-sexuals in Laurens County to revise and extend the, uh, "Principles of Republicanism?"

2. Have you given any thought to the possibility that agreeing to and signing a pledge to abide by the, uh, "Principles of Republicanism" as devised by the, uh, GOP "kingmakers" in Laurens County and then agreeing to appear before and have one's personal life dissected by a three-person Inquisition Court appointed by the, uh, GOP "kingmakers" in Laurens County might in and of itself be grounds for disqualifying a potential candidate for public office? I mean, really, what whole, integrated, conscious person would go through that in order to be elected to the Laurens County Water & Sewer Commission?

3. Given the psychological profile--repressed, depressed, anal retentive,conflicted by authoritarian/anti-authority inclinations, given to sexual/violence-oriented fantasizing (in 3-D)--of those potential GOP candidates who would most likely respond to and qualify for candidacy on the basis of your new, futuristic "Principles of Republicanism," might I suggest soliciting(?) candidates through the Personals Section of Craigslist.

So all of you socialist are against principles? You want to be told by the some liberal weakling that our founders had it wrong? That our creator has it wrong, You would rather walk through this life rewarding your own flesh? Just one whiney complaint after another--the load of you make no good sense.

This is very sad. When are the Republicans going to take accountable for their utter lack of leadership running our state, and start concentrating on: JOBS, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC EDUCATION????

Also no masturbation and no kissing before marriage. No pants for women and no showing of the face or skin of legs or shoulders as that can be a temptation of the flesh. GOP should also require mandatory prayer at least an hour per day. Those failing to abide should submit to stoning.

I am very much a Republican, but this is bullshit!!

Purity Pledge. Sounds rather Hitleresque to me. But, that's Laurens KKK County for you.

What's wrong with this? They finally cracked the code and determined why SC is so backwards! It's because the Republicans are sex addicted perverts! Sheesh! What has taken so long to fix this problem! Now that we fixed this, maybe our education and employment will improve! lol!