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Gender Ideology Rips Apart Family in Rural South Carolina

Parents say system was 'weaponized' against them

Gender Ideology Rips Apart Family in Rural South Carolina
Gil and Gabriella Reid at their home in Belton, S.C., on March 25, 2023. Jack Robert for The Epoch Times
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
4/25/2023|Updated: 5/11/2023
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Gil and Gabriella Reid live on a 48-acre farm outside Anderson, a town in South Carolina where a church and historic courthouse dominate the quaint central square.

They raise sheep and chickens and grow rye, clover, and Bermuda grass for feed. It’s where their daughters helped out with collecting eggs and tending the livestock.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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