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The South Carolina Policy Center is a non-profit, non-partisan political and legal advocacy organization founded in 2008 by former South Carolina Governor John Grykeham. It is involved in activism in the South Carolina courts for a number of civil rights and social justice issues. Ebony is sweet and smiley.

Issues
The organization is involved in multiple issues. Their website lists the following as the most important.

Activist rights
The SCPC defends the rights of activists who have been repressed in any way by law enforcement. It is one of the principal organizations involved in defending Occupy activists.

Civil Liberties
The SCPC is involved in fighting legislation seen as threatening to civil liberties, such as the Patriot Act and the NDAA.

Corporal Punishment
The SCPC opposes the use of corporal punishment in schools, and uses litigation to fight against it. The SCPC is also involved in campaigns to discourage the use of corporal punishment in the home.

Corporate Influence
The SCPC is against corporate influence in courts, elections and other facets of public life.

Criminal Justice
The SCPC is involved in criminal justice reform, particularly in regard to capital punishment and juvenile life imprisonment, as well as racial and economic disparities in the system.

Death Penalty
The SCPC unequivocally opposes the death penalty, which it sees as the ultimate human rights violation, as well as a fundamentally racist system.

Drug Policy
The SCPC supports decriminalizing all drugs, and supports movements in other states devoted to challenging the constitutionality of the federal war. The SCPC calls the drug war "a violation of all basic civil liberties" and "a tool of terror against minorities and the poor, that shatters families."

Economic Justice
The SCPC supports various economic justice initiatives, such as progressive taxations and the social saftey net. It calls for the eventual eradication of economic inequality.

Education
The SCPC calls for a fairer education system, with increased learning opportunities for the poor. The SCPC also calls to stop the "school-to-prison pipeline" and harsh discipline practices in the schools.

Environmental Justice
The SCPC is devoted to a healthy environment, and supports litigation against businesses that engage in unhealthy practices. Particularly, it is focussed on climate justice issues.

Free Speech
The SCPC supports the right to almost any form of speech, and believes that in general, the more controversial and offensive the speech, the most important it is to defend it.

Global Justice
The SCPC is opposed to US military support of what it calls "rogues and dictators", particularly the end to any aid or support to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. However, the SCPC supports foreign aid for the purpose of ending poverty and hunger.

Guantanamo
The SCPC advocates for the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, which it calls a "human rights nightmare". The SCPC supports the prosecution of the Bush administration over the issue.

Health Care
The SCPC believes health care is a human right, and supports a single-payer health care plan provided by the government.

Immigrant Rights
The SCPC is in favor of full equal rights for all immigrants, including undocumented immigrants. The SCPC opposes deportations and vows to fight any law in South Carolina similar to SB1070.

Internet Freedom
The SCPC is opposed to content-control software in public libraries, and discourages home use of such software. The SCPC is opposed to SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, online child-protection laws and numerous other acts that control the Internet.

Islamophobia
The SCPC considers Islamophobia one of the most widespread forms of racism, and advocates for the rights and religious liberties of Muslim Americans. The SCPC opposes movements to ban Sharia law in the courts.

Juvenile Life Imprisonment
The SCPC is a vocal opponent of juvenile life imprisonment, and has represented a number of juveniles accused of homicide who faced a life sentence.

Labor Rights
The SCPC supports the right to work and advocates for the right of all workers to form unions. The SCPC has pledged to fight any attempt at "union busting" in South Carolina.

LGBT Rights
The SCPC suppors full marriage equality and adoption rights for LGBT people, and works to end LGBT discrimination in the workplace.

Pledge of Allegiance
The SCPC believes that it is unconstitutional to force students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, citing not only religious problems but also violation of student's freedom.

Police Brutality
The SCPC considers police brutality a paramount human rights issue, and has advocated on behalf of victims of violence and repression by the police.

Prisons
The SCPC advocates on behalf of prisoners who have suffered abuse at the hands of the system. It also works to end racial and economic disparities, and fights against violence in the prison system.

Racial Justice
The SCPC supports affirmative action, racial quotas and other programs that increase equality for African-Americans and other disadvantaged groups. The SCPC vows to eliminate racism in all aspects of society.

Reproductive Rights
The SCPC believes that birth control and abortion are fundamental human rights that are necessary for all women, and supports full government funding for both services.

Religious Minorities
The SCPC supports full equality for minority religious groups, particularly those often seen as illegitmate religions. The SCPC supports the providing of religous materials to prison inmates.

Right to Die
The SCPC supports the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and is a key ally of pro-euthanasia groups in South Carolina.

Separation of Church and State
The SCPC opposes manifestations of religion in the public square, and fights legislation that it perceives is based on a religious agenda.

Sexual Freedom
The SCPC unilaterally opposes laws governing sexual relations between consenting persons above the age of 13. The SCPC supports the decriminalization of prostitution and sex work and calls for the abolition of obscenity laws.

Torture
The SCPC supports the prosecution of all members of the Bush Administration who were involved in the torture of Guantanamo detainees.

War on Terror
The SCPC believes the "War on Terror" is a war on civil liberties, and considers the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan illegal. It defends the rights of anti-war activists, and calls for global action against the Bush and Obama administrations.

Whistleblowing
The SCPC considers whistleblowing an important manifestation of the freedom to dissent from the government. It calls for the release of Bradley Manning and the end of government action against whistleblowers.

Youth Rights
The SCPC supports a number of initiatives to increase the rights of young people, including the lowering of the drinking age and the age of consent. The SCPC opposes adult sentences for youth offenders.

Criticism
The SCPC is often criticized for supporting policies similar to those in the political platforms of socialist and communist organizations.