Five of six deputies in the office of a Kentucky county clerk jailed Thursday for her refusal to issue marriage licenses after the Supreme Court allowed gays to wed say they will process the paperwork starting Friday. But Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis,…
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Local Schools Teaching Islamic Doctrines
A controversial seventh grade social studies class unit on the history of Islam at Spring Hill Middle School has some parents concerned about its content. Maury County Director of Schools Chris Marczak released a statement at noon Thursday on the…
Read MoreInstagram Isn’t Just for Tweens
To say that Instagram is more than just puppies and pretty food seems kind of like saying that Nashville music is more than just country — if you’re paying any attention at all, you already know that. Still, the range…
Read MoreOutrage Over Dead Lion; Silence Over Slain Babies
A Minnesota dentist has been publicly condemned for killing a protected lion in Zimbabwe, and a hired guide has been charged with a crime. Here are some details about the case that has gained global attention. THE HUNTER Walter James…
Read MoreTiny Suburb Resists Big City Push Towards Historical Cleansing
While other areas of the state and country are focused on the removal of flags, statues and other depictions of the Confederacy, the controversy hasn’t been much of an issue locally. The graves of 206 soldiers buried in Confederate Circle…
Read MoreDiscover the Latino Tradition of the Quinceañera
Un, dos, tres, un, dos, tres…” It’s May outside Franklin, the air is sticky-sweet with honeysuckle, and a lilting tune in waltz time floats like a midday breeze down a country road in rural Williamson County. The music gets louder…
Read MoreThings Nashvillians Say
Don’t think of “You Are So Nashville If …” — the Scene’s annual competition to find the most telling, cutting and amusing phrase to complete that sentence — as a contest. Think of this quarter-century tradition as … any of…
Read MoreState Rep Acts to Protect Christian Ministers
A Tennessee state representative is co-sponsoring a bill designed to protect clergy from being forced to marry same-sex couples. Since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage last month, county clerks have been busy. So have some Tennessee lawmakers. “I’ll just…
Read MoreMemphis Goes “All In” on Cultural Cleansing
The Memphis City Council has begun the process that could result in the removal of the body and a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest — rebel general, slave trader and early Ku Klux Klan member — from a park. Multiple…
Read MoreNASCAR Political Correctness Backfires
Steven Rebenstorf has numerous flags flying atop his canopy tent inside Daytona International Speedway. The Confederate flag is front and center. It’s been like that for years. And the 57-year-old Rebenstorf has no plans to take it down – not…
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