Church Booted Out of Elementary School for Flier

The Rev. Dave Nelson just wanted to talk about sex. And porn. And homosexuality.

But he won’t be doing it at Nash Elementary School.

The Great Lakes Church, a new church which has rented space at Nash for four weeks, lost its permit late last week after sending a colorful flier that proclaimed, “Thank God for Sex.”

The flip side listed Nash as the location for the service, and a series of topics scheduled over the next five weeks, including:

— Great Sex (Bedroom: From Battleground to Playground)

— Sexy and Single (Why God Doesn’t Care About Your Virginity)

— Sex Secrets (Porn, Homosexuality and Stuff Like That)

The Kenosha Unified School District called the flier obscene, disruptive and a violation of Policy 1330, which covers renting Unified space to private organizations.

Nelson said he was stunned at the outcome, and was just trying to attract non-church-going Christians to a new kind of service, while dealing with topical issues. The flier also advertised “loud music, a casual atmosphere, short services, and fun for kids.”

Read the full Kenosha News article here.

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Local Teenage Trackstar Dead, Honored at Home Track

Now this is touching . . .

LANCASTER – Sharla Lashawn Butler never needed help to lap the track, believe that.

The 16-year-old, a small, sassy “star,” as her family called her, blazed through 400 meters. It was her event.

But about 200 people were on hand Saturday morning to remember Butler in her final victory lap in a touching but somber ceremony at Beverly D. Humphrey Tiger Stadium.

The Lancaster sophomore died Monday of complications from encephalitis, devastating her family and the perennially strong Tigers track team.

When the hearse that carried her pulled onto the track, the too-heavy-to-bear moment threatened to overcome.

The girls and boys track athletes and coaches trudged to line up behind Butler, the girls holding single, purple balloons in a nod to their teammate’s favorite color.

In the blustery wind and out of the silence came the words: “Sharla, take your mark. … Set.”

The starting pistol fired.

And then, when it was almost too much: cheers.

The spectators in the stands put their hands together, and they hollered: “Come on, baby … take that turn, baby.”

Inspirational music started pumping, and Butler and her teammates slowly circled the track they know so well.

Read the full DMN article and watch an accompanying video here.

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Malaysian twins spared death row

Malaysian identical twin brothers have escaped hanging for drug trafficking as a court failed to decide which brother was the criminal, and cleared both.

A judge in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, said the case was unique and she could not send the wrong person to his death.

In 2003 police arrested one brother found driving drugs to a house. The second twin arrived soon afterwards and was also arrested.

Neither officers nor a DNA test could identify which twin owned the drugs.

Full BBC Article

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