Yahoo! News - County wants to outlaw homosexuality
The Tennessee county where a teacher was famously tried in 1925 for teaching evolution in the Scopes "Monkey Trial" is now trying to outlaw homosexuality.

Rhea County Commissioner J.C. Fugate introduced the measure during a commissioners meeting on Tuesday, asking for an amendment to Tennessee's criminal code so homosexuals can be charged with crimes against nature.

The audience applauded the motion, and the Rhea County commissioners approved the request 8-0.

Fugate also asked the county attorney to find the best way to ban homosexuals from living within the county. That measure is scheduled for a vote during next month's commission meeting.

"We need to keep them out of here," Fugate said of homosexuals, telling the Associated Press he was reacting to recent headlines featuring same-sex marriages.