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Indiana State Teacher's Association Demands Law to Protect Them From Being Shot With Airsoft Pellets During Active Shooter Training.

Indiana State Teacher’s Association Demands Law to Protect Them From Being Shot With Airsoft Pellets During Active Shooter Training.

Active shooter training at Meadowlawn Elementary School in Monticello, Indiana often involved being shot with airsoft pellets to simulate what an active shooter situation was like. But some of the teachers who were shot with the pellets complained that it “hurt.” Now the Sheriffs says they won’t be doing that any more. Not good enough. The Indiana State Teacher’s Association wants a law to…

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According to an order issued in May, people serving time in White County Jail can shave 30 days off their sentences if they obtain long-term contraception. Critics say the order is unconstitutional.

As general sessions judge for White County, Tenn., Sam Benningfield says the vast majority of cases he hears are drug-related offenses. The opioid epidemic has hit the state especially hard — resulting in more than 1,400 drug overdose deaths there in 2015 alone, according to the CDC — and he felt that an unusual solution would be necessary to drive home the dangers of illegal drugs for would-be parents.

So in May, Benningfield issued a standing order: If inmates at the White County Jail undergo a form of long-term contraception for free — a vasectomy for men or a Nexplanon implant for women — they can shave 30 days off their sentences.

"I'm trying to help these folks begin to think about taking responsibility for their life and giving them a leg up — you know, when they get out of jail — to perhaps rehabilitate themselves and not be burdened again with unwanted children and all that comes with that," Benningfield tells CBS News.

Others have not seen his order in the same light. After a local News Channel 5 report earlier this week, the order earned national headlines — and significant criticism, both in the county and beyond state lines.

Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the state American Civil Liberties Union, condemned the offer as "unconstitutional" in a statement:

"Offering a so-called 'choice' between jail time and coerced contraception or sterilization is unconstitutional. Such a choice violates the fundamental constitutional right to reproductive autonomy and bodily integrity by interfering with the intimate decision of whether and when to have a child, imposing an intrusive medical procedure on individuals who are not in a position to reject it. Judges play an important role in our community — overseeing individuals' childbearing capacity should not be part of that role."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/538598008/judge-promises-reduced-jail-time-if-tennessee-inmates-get-vasectomies

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Loudsville Campmeeting: Preserving Heritage, Faith, and Architecture in Georgia

Camp meetings are annual events hosted by churches to bring community and faith together for a week-long series of Protestant worship. There are several theories on how this practice started, but one of the most widely supported beliefs is that these meetings emulated Scottish and English events celebrating communion season, a weeklong holy fair that would end with the Lord’s supper. The…

Loudsville Campmeeting: Preserving Heritage, Faith, and Architecture in Georgia

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Cleveland DeLuxe Cottages-A Georgia Motel with a Connection to the Cabbage Patch Kids

On the northwest outskirts of Cleveland, Georgia, you will drive past a sign that says, “You just passed BabyLand.” When I passed the sign, I immediately looked to my right to see through the trees an abandoned building. The allure of an abandoned building and the possible former home of the Cabbage Patch Kids caused me to turn around immediately. As someone who did not collect Cabbage Patch…

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Gabled Ell Farmhouse-White County, Georgia

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