"U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, the South Carolina Republican now running for governor, built a national profile as a conservative willing to defy her party's extremes. She once voted twice to protect marriage equality, calling it a "basic civil right for any two people to marry without discrimination." Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. On Wednesday, she posted something very different, writing, "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve," on X, formerly Twitter."
"The post received a "community note," which is a community-sourced clarification or correction to misleading posts that users believe require additional context. The note referenced her previous support for same-sex marriage. Mace's 2022 vote for the Respect for Marriage Act was once heralded as a sign of bipartisan progress. "Today's vote to protect marriage and protect religious liberties marks the end of a long fight for the basic civil right for any two people to marry without discrimination," she said in an official House statement."
Nancy Mace previously voted twice to protect marriage equality and called marriage a "basic civil right for any two people to marry without discrimination." She posted "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve," on X, a slogan rooted in decades of anti-gay rhetoric that rejects the legitimacy of same-sex relationships. The post received a community note referencing her prior support for same-sex marriage and sparked widespread outrage. Mace's 2022 vote for the Respect for Marriage Act had been hailed as bipartisan progress. The post marks a break from that framing and aligns with culture-war politics.
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