Free Republic

Government officials in North Carolina can refuse to perform same-sex marriages by citing religious objections under a law enacted on Thursday by the Republican-led legislature, which voted to override the governor's veto. The law protects the jobs of magistrates and other officials who refuse to perform marriages of gay couples by citing a “sincerely held religious objection.” Governor Pat McCrory, also a Republican, had said the officials who swore to defend the Constitution and perform their duties of office should not be exempt from upholding their oath. The state House of Representatives overrode his veto by reaching the three-fifths majority...

Hello all, I'm a junior currently enrolled in the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, which is a residential school for academically gifted students who excel in the subjects of science and math. I've been a FReeper for maybe 2 months now. So please bear with me. Over the past 2 days, as the war to oust Saddam from power seems to be inevitable, I have heard many things from teachers and students alike just tearing up our country, leaders and military. Yesterday at lunch, while participating in a discussion where i was laying the case down for war,...