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N.C. Baptist State Convention Boots Myers Park Baptist

November 14, 2007April 13, 2009 John Charlotte, Myers Park Baptist Church, North Carolina, North Carolina Baptist State Convention

The North Carolina State Baptist Convention claims that it allows for autonomy for their local churches, and has only a few requirements for membership in state convetion…mainly that you send money and hate homosexuals. Well, the members of Myers Park Baptist Church had decided to be Christian rather than Southern Baptist in their thinking, so today the Executive Committee found this church is not “in friendly cooperation with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina” and today the membership as a whole gave Myers Park Baptist the boot. The decided to not go without comment…

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AC On A Plane

August 27, 2007August 27, 2007 John Airplanes, North Carolina, Travel, Work

I am on my way to North Carolina this morning for a weeks work at a client site. The temperature

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Durham DA-May Have Announced Resignation

June 15, 2007 John Duke, Durham County, Lacrosse, Mike Nifong, North Carolina, Rape, sexual assault, State Bar Association

I only caught the tail end of the report, but it appears, based on what I was hearing on WRAL that in a statement in his State Bar hearing, Durham DA Nifong announced that he was going to step down as DA. According to the WRAL reporter, he was “nearly in tears.”

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Wingnuts in North Carolina Just Won’t Give Up

May 19, 2007May 24, 2007 John Cleveland County, Gay Marriage, House Bill 493, North Carolina, North Carolina Leglislature, Tim Moore

The North Carolina wingnuts here will not quit. House Bill 493 is back and the Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are trying to bring it to a floor vote next week by using a procedural end-run to recall the anti-gay amendment from the Rules Committee.

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Wrapping up Thanksgiving 2006

November 27, 2006March 24, 2008 John Atlanta, Blowing Rock, Family, North Carolina, thanksgiving

We had a pretty typical Thanksgiving. As I’ve already reported, I drove to North Carolina last Monday, and then met friends up in Boone/Blowing Rock on Tuesday. Wednesday I stuck close to home and spent the day with Mom, and had dinner with her and some of her friends. It was overcast and rainy most of the day Wednesday.