The Week in Wingnuts: Mandatory Guns and State Religions

The Daily Beast’s weekly rundown of the wildest ideas being proposed, or passed, by state lawmakers.

Published Apr. 7 2013 4:45AM EDT

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North Carolina: The Promised Land?

GOP state Reps. Carl Ford and Harry Warren jointly proposed a bill Monday that would allow the state to declare an official religion—effectively nullifying the first amendment.

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The Week in Wingnuts: Mandatory Guns and State Religions

The Daily Beast’s weekly rundown of the wildest ideas being proposed, or passed, by state lawmakers.

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Luke Kerr-Dineen