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Like approximately 40% of South Carolina state senators, Fair has elected to take $32,390 retirement pay from the General Assembly Retirement System rather than his $10,400 salary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/feb/25/first-cut-legislative-pensions/ |title=First, cut legislative pensions &#124; The Post and Courier &#124; Charleston SC, News, Sports, Entertainment |publisher=The Post and Courier |date= |accessdate=2012-05-29}}</ref> Like approximately 40% of South Carolina state senators, Fair has elected to take $32,390 retirement pay from the General Assembly Retirement System rather than his $10,400 salary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/feb/25/first-cut-legislative-pensions/ |title=First, cut legislative pensions &#124; The Post and Courier &#124; Charleston SC, News, Sports, Entertainment |publisher=The Post and Courier |date= |accessdate=2012-05-29}}</ref>


==Background== ==Personal==
⚫ Fair is a native and life-long resident of ], where he serves as a deacon at Faith Baptist Church. He graduated from Greenville's ], where he played baseball, basketball, and football and served as president of the student body. He married his high-school sweetheart, Judy, and the couple has a daughter and three grandchildren.<ref>http://www.electmikefair.com/?page_id=2 Fair campaign website].</ref> Fair is a graduate of ], where he played quarterback on the Gamecock football team during the mid-1960s.<ref>. </ref>

⚫ Fair, a native of ] and a graduate of ], played quarterback on the Gamecock football team during the mid-1960s.<ref>. </ref>


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 02:32, 12 May 2013

Mike Fair
Member of the South Carolina Senate
from the 6th district
In office
1996 -
Personal details
Born (1946-06-16) June 16, 1946 (age 78)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJudy
Professioninsurance

Michael L. Fair is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, who has represented the 6th District since 1996. He previously served in the South Carolina House from 1985 through 1995.

Political positions

Fair, a conservative Christian, has been a supporter of abstinence based sex education and has proposed legislation mandating that sex education classes include information that homosexual behavior is "unnatural, unhealthy and illegal."

Fair has also been an outspoken opponent of evolution. In 2008 he introduced a bill that would have specifically allowed public school teachers to critique evolution in their classrooms. The bill died in committee.

In 2011, Fair proposed a bill that would have prohibited Sharia law from being enacted in the state of South Carolina. The following month, Fair unsuccessfully introduced legislation that would have prohibited Common Core educational standards from being imposed on South Carolina public schools.

Legislative pension

Like approximately 40% of South Carolina state senators, Fair has elected to take $32,390 retirement pay from the General Assembly Retirement System rather than his $10,400 salary.

Personal

Fair is a native and life-long resident of Greenville, where he serves as a deacon at Faith Baptist Church. He graduated from Greenville's Parker High School, where he played baseball, basketball, and football and served as president of the student body. He married his high-school sweetheart, Judy, and the couple has a daughter and three grandchildren. Fair is a graduate of University of South Carolina, where he played quarterback on the Gamecock football team during the mid-1960s.

References

  1. Spartanburg Herald-Journal, April 6, 1988.
  2. SB 1386. South Carolina Senate. 2008. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) The National Center for Science Education described the bill as "aimed at undermining the teaching of evolution." National Center for Science Education (2008). "Antievolution legislation in South Carolina". {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  3. National Center for Science Education (2005). "Antievolution legislation in South Carolina dies". Retrieved 2010-07-08. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. Huffington Post, January 31, 2011.
  5. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/bills/604.htm
  6. "First, cut legislative pensions | The Post and Courier | Charleston SC, News, Sports, Entertainment". The Post and Courier. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  7. http://www.electmikefair.com/?page_id=2 Fair campaign website].
  8. The (Columbia, SC) State, October 11, 2009.

External links

Members of the South Carolina Senate
President of the Senate
Thomas C. Alexander (R)
Majority Leader
A. Shane Massey (R)
Minority Leader
Brad Hutto (D)
  1. ▌Thomas C. Alexander (R)
  2. ▌Rex Rice (R)
  3. ▌Richard Cash (R)
  4. ▌Michael Gambrell (R)
  5. ▌Tom Corbin (R)
  6. ▌Jason Elliott (R)
  7. ▌Karl B. Allen (D)
  8. ▌Ross Turner (R)
  9. ▌Danny Verdin (R)
  10. ▌Billy Garrett (R)
  11. ▌Josh Kimbrell (R)
  12. ▌Roger Nutt (R)
  13. ▌Shane Martin (R)
  14. ▌Harvey S. Peeler Jr. (R)
  15. ▌Wes Climer (R)
  16. ▌Michael Johnson (R)
  17. ▌Everett Stubbs (R)
  18. ▌Ronnie Cromer (R)
  19. ▌Tameika Isaac Devine (D)
  20. ▌Ed Sutton (D)
  21. ▌Darrell Jackson (D)
  22. ▌Overture Walker (D)
  23. ▌Carlisle Kennedy (R)
  24. ▌Tom Young Jr. (R)
  25. ▌A. Shane Massey (R)
  26. ▌Russell Ott (D)
  27. ▌Allen Blackmon (R)
  28. ▌Greg Hembree (R)
  29. ▌JD Chaplin (R)
  30. ▌Kent M. Williams (D)
  31. ▌Mike Reichenbach (R)
  32. ▌Ronnie A. Sabb (D)
  33. ▌Luke A. Rankin (R)
  34. ▌Stephen Goldfinch (R)
  35. ▌Jeffrey R. Graham (D)
  36. ▌Jeff Zell (R)
  37. ▌Larry Grooms (R)
  38. ▌Sean Bennett (R)
  39. ▌Tom Fernandez (R)
  40. ▌Brad Hutto (D)
  41. ▌Matt Leber (R)
  42. ▌Deon Tedder (D)
  43. ▌Chip Campsen (R)
  44. ▌Brian Adams (R)
  45. ▌Margie Bright Matthews (D)
  46. ▌Tom Davis (R)

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