Tag Archives: North Carolina
North Carolina Tries to Declare “Official State Religion”
You don’t have to debate semantics of the Constitution to know that even the support of one religion over that of another is against one of the main principles on which this country was founded. Nine North Carolina lawmakers and advocates of a “state religion,” however, believe that they
[Bad Teacher] Teacher Who Slept With Student Gets Off The Hook By Marrying Him
This 42-year-old teacher wasn’t ready to spend such a long time behind bars for the rape of a student. So she decided to marry the 15-year-old instead.
Leah Gayle Shipman, 42, married Johnnie Ray Ison two years after she was arrested for having sex with him aged just 15 at Wilmington High School in North Carolina.
Deaf Man Stabbed When Sign Language is Mistaken for Gang Signs
Be careful what signs you throw up in certain areas, and if you are deaf, be careful what you talk about in different areas.
Burlington Police Sgt. Mark Yancey said 45-year-old Terrance Ervin Daniels was using sign language with another deaf man.
With 20 States Petitioning to Secede, Is The U.S. Doomed to Divide?
After the re-election of President Barack Obama, 20 different states have filed petition for secession, making us all wonder how President Obama will respond.
States with citizens filing include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Oddly, folks from Georgia have filed twice.
Congresswoman Accidentally Legalizes Oil Drilling
Fracking is basically trying to break up the earth to extract fuel from it. Seems great right? It is, except the fact that it makes water sources flammable.
A North Carolina lawmaker says she feels “rotten” after accidentally voting to override the veto of a bill to legalize fracking—the controversial technique of extracting natural gas—in the state.
