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Mon Apr 8, 2013, 03:52 PM Apr 2013

North Carolina House Speaker Kills Bill To Create State Religion

The Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives killed legislation on Thursday that aimed to establish an official state religion.

House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Charlotte) announced Thursday afternoon that the bill would not be receiving a vote in the full House, effectively dropping the measure. Loretta Boniti, a reporter for News 14 Carolina, broke the news on Twitter, and it was confirmed in a breaking news alert posted on the home page of wral.com, a Raleigh-based television station. Tillis' decision followed several days of national media attention on the bill, which also said that the state government did not have to listen to federal court rulings and was exempt from the requirements of the First Amendment.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/state-religion-bill-north-carolina_n_3016154.html

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North Carolina House Speaker Kills Bill To Create State Religion (Original Post) cali Apr 2013 OP
And I would have got away with it too if it weren't for that meddling First Amendment! Initech Apr 2013 #1
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