Ban on homosexuals prompts gay day event

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Hundreds turn out for celebration in wake of action by Tennessee county commission

Associated Press
DAYTON, TENN.--More than 400 people turned out Saturday for a Rhea County Gay Day celebration prompted by the county commission's vote to ban homosexuals and have them arrested for "crimes against nature."

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A Friday demonstration against homosexuality in Dayton included preaching on the lawn of the courthouse where a jury in 1925 convicted John Scopes for teaching evolution. The verdict was reversed on a technicality. The trial became the subject of the play and movie "Inherit the Wind."

On Saturday, same-sex couples holding hands joined heterosexual couples at the park in the town of 6,200 people.

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Although Commissioner J.C. Fugate clearly explained his motion to ban gays in March, members of the panel have since said they thought their first vote was only to show support for state lawmakers banning same-sex marriages.

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[icymist]

1. "crimes against nature." ?! What about the 'prison abuse'?

Wouldn't any sane person call THAT a crime against nature?! I'm getting tired of this constant picking on the gays.

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3. Yeah

That's what I was thinking when I posted this. All the LBN posts on the Iraq tragedies (God forgive us for what we have done/are doing there) in the name of freedom, and this story about our "free" happy home right here in the good old USA.

They hate us for our freedoms.

[cosmicdot]

2. Random Acts of Fascism across the USA

- drawings by a 15-year-old boy in Prosser, Washington
- website on a home PC of student in Lancaster, OH
- attempt to have Americans arrested for "crimes against nature" in Dayton, TN

so many go unnoticed, under-reported, etc.

I sense a President may once again have to do what Eisenhower did in Little Rock and JFK did in Alabama ... call out the National Guard and enforce the Constitution under which all Americans are protected