# Rhea County, Tennessee: BAN THE GAYS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 18, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029 "2004-03-18T15:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029/1 "2004-03-18T15:07:52Z")
Not just gay marriage. They want to change the state legislature to be able to charge gays with “crimes against nature.” :rolleyes: AND see if there’s a way they can kick them out althogether! :eek: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114467,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114467,00.html) Sometimes, I’m so ashamed to be a Southerner. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029/2 "2004-03-18T15:09:08Z")
Yeah I saw this yesterday, what a bunch of backwards fools. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029/3 "2004-03-18T15:16:57Z")
crimes of nature, eh? I guess they’ll just have to give them the death penalty for that! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029/4 "2004-03-18T15:30:43Z")
Am I the _only_ one who still checks to see if [there’s already a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245700) before starting a new one? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029/5 "2004-03-18T16:01:30Z")
Oops. Sorry 'bout that. I wish the smack smilie was working. :o ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029/6 "2004-03-18T16:12:33Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Am I the _only_ one who still checks to see if [there’s already a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245700) before starting a new one? And is there some way we could work the death of Spalding Gray into this? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029/7 "2004-03-18T16:25:15Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > And is there some way we could work the death of Spalding Gray into this? Who the fuck is Fox News? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-county-tennessee-ban-the-gays/235029/8 "2004-03-19T03:40:54Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Am I the _only_ one who still checks to see if [there’s already a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245700) before starting a new one? Let’s lock this one off, then.