Mississippi Ties Up Loose End

Mississippi Ties Up Loose End

by | Feb 26, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

So you may have heard that last week Mississippi finally banned slavery.  Now this is not to say that the state has been stuck in an Antebellum/Civil War timewarp for the past century and a half.  But apparently there were a few oversights along the way. The...
Gay Marriage in South?

Gay Marriage in South?

by | Jan 22, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Same-sex couples stood at government counters in two North Carolina cities on Monday to ask for marriage licenses they knew they would be denied, part of a push across the U.S. South this month to demand equality even...
News from Around the South 1/14 – 1/21

News from Around the South 1/14 – 1/21

by | Jan 21, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Florida: Re-Enactors Celebrate Battle, Camp Life The American Civil War was probably pretty difficult for all who took part. But with all the issues the soldiers and noncombatants faced in the 1860s, they didn’t have to worry about car alarms blaring. Union and...
News from Around the South 12/3-12/10

News from Around the South 12/3-12/10

by | Dec 10, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Georgia: Union General Gets Civil War Historical Marker The Civil War was more than just a battlefield conflict. It affected nearly every aspect of people’s lives, but 90 percent of Georgia’s 1,000 Civil War markers were about battles and Confederate military leaders....
News from Around the South 9/27-10/3

News from Around the South 9/27-10/3

by | Oct 3, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Arkansas: Court Upholds Medical Marijuana Proposal The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a proposed ballot measure that, if successful, would make the state the first in the South to legalize medical marijuana. The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The...