The New Dark Ages

From the Shelby Star, on prospects that the new Republican majority in the NC General Assembly will want to make their major prejudices both known and felt as quickly as possible:

Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, a [no gay marriage--yuck!] amendment supporter, said many Republican voters want action on social issues after seeing Democrats push through laws last year such as anti-school bullying law designed in part to protect gay and lesbian students and a school sex education law that teaches more about contraception.

By all means, fellows, let's unleash the bullies while keeping sexually active teenagers as much in the reproductive dark as possible!