Nancy Mace Once Vocally Supported Trans Rights

Popular Information reports:

Nancy Mace (R-SC) used to reject this kind of politics. “I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality,” Mace said in a March 2021 interview with the Washington Examiner. “No one should be discriminated against.” Mace added that she believed “religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist.” Mace added that she had “friends and family that identify as LGBTQ” and “having been around gay, lesbian, and transgender people has informed my opinion over my lifetime.”

Mace supported “compromise” legislation that protected LGBTQ from discrimination while providing notable exceptions for religious institutions. “I feel like it’s my duty to speak up on these issues, and to sponsor legislation on these issues, because I want people on both sides of the aisle to know that there are Republicans that care,” Mace said. “That we are compassionate. There are many of us that want equality for everybody.” (She opposed the more expansive Equality Act.)

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