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A so-called "book-banning pastor" was forcefully removed from a school board meeting in North Carolina after he was asked to leave but refused.

In a speech at the Wake County School Board on Tuesday, Pastor John K. Amanchukwu Sr. called for the board members to be arrested after alleging that students were forced to read "pornographic" materials.

"You all are criminals right now," he told the board members. "The Parental Bill of Rights was passed last May, went into effect on January 1, and there are several books that are quite damaging to children that are still in several schools in this district." ...

A North Carolina man charged with rape came up with what he thought was the perfect plan, reported The Daily Beast: fake his own death, then disappear with the authorities none the wiser.

The only problem? He forgot he was still wearing an ankle monitor.

Melvin Emde, age 41, was due in court in Brunswick County to answer charges of statutory rape of a child on August 7, when his son called deputies in Louisiana and told them his father had been lost overboard in a kayaking accident on the Mississippi River. Police, however, were still tracking his ankle monitor, and could tell he was at a Walmart buying two prepaid phones....

[rebelmouse-image 24863121 original_size="184x449" expand=1]For me the best part of attending my statewide Pride celebration (NC holds it in the fall since our summers are so damn hot) is capturing the batsh*t fundies along the parade route.

I recently received an email from the Reverend Randall J. Keeney, who is an Episcopal priest in Greensboro, NC. Keeney and two retired priests will introduce a resolution at the Episcopal church's convention in January 2009 that will surely roil the gathering. While it is self-evident to reality-based people that civil and religious marriage are separate matters, it's quite controversial in the church for faith leaders to point out the obvious. Keeney is putting his position on the line since he's still a member of the clergy at St. Barnabas.