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Honor heritage, for a price? |
Senate panel OKs bill to force S.C. counties, towns to give workers paid Confederate Memorial HolidayCash-strapped South Carolina counties and towns could be required to add a paid Confederate Memorial Day holiday for workers, under a bill passed by a state Senate committee Tuesday.Sen. Robert Ford, a black Democrat from Charleston with gubernatorial aspirations, introduced the bill, which he hopes will force South Carolinians to reflect on the state’s history.The bill, which Ford also introduced in 2007, would require local governments that receive state money to adopt the state’s 12 paid holidays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the May 10 recognition of Confederate Memorial Day.“We need to teach the things that would make South Carolina move into the 21st century,” said Ford, who has announced he is running for governor in 2010. “There’s no love, there’s no togetherness between the races.
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