The Two Percent Company has a wonderful rant comparing the relative lunacy of Alabama and Virginia. As they point out, Alabama has long held the title as the state with the looniest legislation, but Virginia is trying hard to take their title from them with some recent stupidity that I've mentioned here. Still, I'm not sure anything can top Gerald Allen for sheer idiocy.
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