# This Tenn. county needs to be marked "Closed for Renovation" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 18, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-tenn-county-needs-to-be-marked-closed-for-renovation/234952 "2004-03-18T01:40:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-tenn-county-needs-to-be-marked-closed-for-renovation/234952/1 "2004-03-18T01:40:37Z")
So, the place where the Scopes Monkey Trial took place is back in the news. This time for wanting to have homosexuals arrested. Link. The county board voted unanimously on a request to have laws amended so gays can be arrested for “crimes against nature.” It appears that this is just an attempt; they haven’t actually made such a law yet, but, you’ve got to wonder what century these people think this is, or what country. :rolleyes: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-tenn-county-needs-to-be-marked-closed-for-renovation/234952/2 "2004-03-18T01:45:30Z")
:eek: :eek: :eek: Man, there just aren’t enough of those! :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-tenn-county-needs-to-be-marked-closed-for-renovation/234952/3 "2004-03-18T03:12:10Z")
Tennessee: We’re Trying Like Hell To Beat Alabama In Shittiest State Contest! Lord, I love the South, but I hate some of the fucking people in it. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-tenn-county-needs-to-be-marked-closed-for-renovation/234952/4 "2004-03-18T03:17:53Z")
Please, help me escape this state.\* I’m not gay, and I’m offended by this crap. \*I’m not kidding, folks, I want out of here. I just don’t have the money it takes to get me to a state that’s more civilized. I don’t ask for much, just the chance to live in a state where there’s no annual Klan meetings, there’s a desert, and I can have a decent paying job as a machinist. That’s not too much to ask, is it? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-tenn-county-needs-to-be-marked-closed-for-renovation/234952/5 "2004-03-18T03:30:55Z")
[Homosexuals are possessed by demons! Homosexuals are possessed by demons!](http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/bigpic.jsp?photoid=20040311BOS03D) So, really, they’re already experienced enough for marriage. 😛 ---
**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 18, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-tenn-county-needs-to-be-marked-closed-for-renovation/234952/6 "2004-03-18T04:30:19Z")
**photopat** has requested that this thread be closed because the topic is already being discussed [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245700) .