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Subscribe to RSSMississippi finally outlawed slavery. The Jackson Clarion Ledger: “There was an asterisk beside Mississippi. A note read: ‘Mississippi ratified the amendment in 1995, but because the state never officially notified the US Archivist, the ratification is not official.’”
With the Supreme Court this year deciding a couple of gay-marriage cases, an Anzalone Liszt Grove Research poll -- conducted for The Respect for Marriage Coalition, an umbrella group of gay-rights organizations like the Human Rights Campaign -- finds that a majority of American voters believe that marrying someone you love is a right that all Americans (whether gay or straight) should enjoy. What’s more, the poll shows that 77% of voters say that gay marriage will be legal in “the next couple of years,” and 83% think that will be the case in “the next five to 10 years.”
Lastly, former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright book about her family and the Holocaust is now out in paperback, “Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948.”
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Mississippi has finally dotted all her 'i's. The nation is grateful there are no 't's to cross and bear.
The 13th Amendment was officially adopted as part of the Constitution on December 6, 1865. It only to 130 years for Mississippi to ratify it in 1995 and then another 18 years for the ratification by Mississippi to be officially ratified by notification to the United States.
...and you wonder why we make fun of you?
Better late than never, 148 years late that is.
One word, Red State, ok two words.
Does this mean progress? I guess it does in PBR land.
I knew they were slow down South but I didn't realize they were that slow. Well, it is finally done. That is a good thing.
This is news? It was just an error in phrasing. They long ago eliminated it-at least on paper. Mississippi is one of the worst states where descrimination still exists !
Racism in USA, really. Does it happen???? the country that polices the world>>??