A United Methodist Church in North Carolina is taking a dramatic stand on the issue of marriage equality by announcing the immediate cessation of all its marriage-related services until the right to marry is granted to all couples, including ones of the same sex.

After just 20 minutes of public comments, North Carolina's House Rules Committee voted to reject a bill that would have legalized the possession and use of medical marijuana in the state.

A North Carolina law prohibiting the state from compelling the spouse of a defendant to testify against their significant other has helped a former teacher escape statutory rape charges for sleeping with her student.

A married lesbian couple say they had just finished enjoying a meal at The Stingray Café in New Bern, North Carolina, when they were approached by the owner and handed a letter riddled with spelling errors telling them their homosexuality was hurting everyone around them.

A series of poorly thought-out tweets landed a North Carolina man behind bars after he was picked up by the Secret Service for threatening to assassinate the president.

A 13-year-old Salisbury, North Carolina, boy who really didn't want to do his homework reportedly threatened his babysitter with a knife after she asked him several times to hit the books.

Another normal night in Gaston County, North Carolina. Pastor Richard Robinson was at home minding his own business and enjoying the Southern summer night when his neighbors came barging in, armed to the teeth and high as shit on bath salts. Spoiler alert: the neighbors did not end up eating Pastor Robinson.

Rodney Dwayne Valentine was released on Saturday morning from Rockingham County jail after spending over two months locked up on charges of injury to personal property. Upon release, Valentine asked for a lift to a nearby motel. Everyone in the sheriff's office was like, "No way," so Valentine refused to leave and just sat there, apparently. After a few hours, officers suggested that Valentine take a cab. He still refused to leave.

A SWAT team called to extract a disorderly man who had barricaded himself inside a hotel room in Belmont, North Carolina, was met with some unusual demands.

All Rep. Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg) had to do was press the red button and North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue's veto of a bill legalizing fracking in the state would have remained in place.

On page 14 of the Lake Norman High School yearbook there is a photo of a girl lifting her graduation gown and exposing her hooha.

North Carolina has already voted in favor of amending its constitution to outlaw all domestic unions outside heterosexual marriage, but that's not quite enough for one Tar Heel State pastor who thinks all gays and lesbians should be penned behind electric fences and left to die.

Earlier today, President Obama stated that he believes that same sex couples should be able to marry. On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart weighed in on those comments and the reaction to them. He also had some harsh words for North Carolina and the state's new stringent anti-marriage equality law.

President Obama announced his support for gay marriage during an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts this afternoon, saying "for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married."

Jonathan Ian Mathers' Foamy the Squirrel takes on North Carolina's — and 30 other states' — constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage (and, in several cases, other "non-holy" domestic unions).

As predicted, voters in North Carolina approved a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage that, due to its vague language, will also make other domestic arrangements such as civil unions and domestic partnerships illegal — for both gay and straight couples.

Despite the latest poll numbers showing a clear victory for those in favor of North Carolina's anti-gay constitutional amendment — the so-called Amendment One — at least one person has yet to concede: Miss North Carolina Hailey Best, who recorded a video telling other voters headed to the polls today to vote against the initiative.

The North Carolina pastor who came under fire yesterday for telling his congregation to beat their male children if they exhibit effeminate behavior told a local TV station he was simply being hyperbolic like Jesus.

Have you heard about North Carolina's Amendment 1? Like California's Proposition 8, this measure would amend the state constitution to define marriage as being between one man and one woman — but it would also ban gay civil unions and domestic partnerships.

An off-duty cop reportedly sprayed "a single puff" of America's top chemical food while dealing with a disturbance at a Kinston, N.C. Walmart. A witness claims that 20 people were affected by the spritz. This sideways-angle video shows the aftermath.