Charleston City Paper: Politicians Behaving Badly
August 9, 2006
In his column The Good Fight, Will Moredock writes:
Now Scarborough’s bizarre behavior on the night of July 15 has led to an investigation into other aspects of his life, the report of which appears in this issue of City Paper. Affidavits filed by Scarborough’s estranged wife in divorce proceedings at Charleston County Courthouse show the District 115 representative to be having a long-term affair with Rep. Catherine C. Ceips of Beaufort.
This sounds like a bad made-for-television movie, but it gets worse. Scarborough and Ceips both supported the proposed “defense of marriage” amendment to the state constitution. This is the amendment that would ban gay marriage in an effort to preserve the institution of marriage and keep it sacred. Apparently, Scarborough and Ceips did not consider their adultery to be a threat to the sacred institution of marriage. According to affidavits and other sources, Scarborough and Ceips were quite indiscreet in their affair, pushing their “pro-family” agenda while they were cavorting around South Carolina. Statehouse sources confirm that there were rampant rumors about the two legislators.