"Jeff Binkley -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in news:10618
$HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>> Apparently, in one North Carolina town, a few people haven't
 RS>> progressed past the 10th century.

 RS>> Atheist city councilman in NC challenged by foes citing outdated
 RS>> clause of state Constitution

 RS>> ALYSIA PATTERSON Associated Press Writer
 RS>> 5:45 p.m. EST, December 11, 2009

 RS>> RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell
 RS>> believes in ending the death penalty, conserving water and reforming
 RS>> government -- but he doesn't believe in God. His political opponents
 RS>> say that's a sin that makes him unworthy of serving in office, and
 RS>> they've got the North Carolina Constitution on their side.

 JB> Aren't these the same bigots that accused the a bunch of white kids for
 JB> raping a black girl before all of the evidence was in ?  How did that
 JB> work out for them ?  Odd post title that you chose for town of left
 JB> leaning bigots, especially for the point you were trying to make.

If you mean the Duke university mess, I noticed you left out the outcome.

Accused college kids exonerated.

Grandstanding DA out of a job, and disbarred.

Accuser is currently in jail on prostitution and drug charges.

And it isn't "left-leaning" people who want to throw this councilman out of
office, it's right-wingers with their "Christian only" mentality.

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