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Wow...

By TOM BREEN, Associated Press Writer Tom Breen, Associated Press Writer – Thu Sep 16, 7:13 am ET

RALEIGH, N.C. – A soft-spoken 14-year-old's nose piercing has landed her a suspension from school and forced her into the middle of a fight over her First Amendment right to exercise her religion...

Iacono and her mother, Nikki, belong to the Church of Body Modification, a small group unfamiliar to rural North Carolina, but one with a clergy, a statement of beliefs and a formal process for accepting new members.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_piercing_church

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Tom Breen, I was friends with him in high school. He finally made it to the big time -- had his article linked to and quoted on Flamefans.