{"id":8757,"date":"2006-04-23T21:44:25","date_gmt":"2006-04-24T04:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/04\/23\/south-carolina-boldly-tackles-its-biggest-problem.html"},"modified":"2006-04-23T21:44:25","modified_gmt":"2006-04-24T04:44:25","slug":"south_carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/23\/south_carolina.html","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina boldly tackles its biggest problem &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentmail.com\/and\/home\/article\/0,1886,AND_8195_4641568,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">the sale of sex toys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The South Carolina bill, proposed by Republican Rep. 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