Editing DeQuincy, Louisiana (section)

==Subject of multiple hoaxes==
The town has been the subject of numerous hoaxes by satirical writer [[Paul Horner]], widely spread on the Internet. The hoaxes claim the town enacted bizarre legislation such as banning those of Korean descent, issuing handguns to school children, permitting [[bigamy]], banning [[twerking]], and the city being completely eradicated by [[zombies]] on [[Bath salts (drug)|bath salts]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brasted|first1=Chelsea|title=Town of DeQuincy attracts attention via false press releases; most recent claims twerking ban passed|url=http://www.nola.com/news/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/09/town_of_dequincy_attracts_atte.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919115503/http://www.nola.com/news/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/09/town_of_dequincy_attracts_atte.html|archive-date=September 19, 2013|access-date=15 March 2015|agency=''[[New Orleans Times-Picayune]]''}}</ref>

DeQuincy Mayor Lawrence Henagan, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/ElectedOfficials|title=Louisiana Elected Officials Database: Calcasieu Parish|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref> was falsely targeted in 2016 by an [[Internet]] hoax<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.snopes.com/fireman-suspended-by-atheist-mayor/ | title=Fireman Suspended by Atheist Mayor | website=[[Snopes]] | access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> that he had jailed a volunteer fire chief for thirty days and then dismissed the man after the chief had prayed at the scene of a fire. The story identified the mayor as "Lawana Jones, an [[African-American]] [[Atheism|atheist]]" and the fire chief as "39-year-old Ronnie Edwards." Henagan, the chairman of the [[deacon]] board at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of DeQuincy, said that the chief is free to pray while [[firefighting]]. Henagan said he would join the fire chief in prayer. Henagan said that he has no knowledge why he was singled out for a [[fake news]] article but noted that he could take no legal action because the reports used fictitious names.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanpress.com/news/local/20160919-Dequincy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222193750/http://www.americanpress.com/news/local/20160919-Dequincy|archive-date=February 22, 2017|title=DeQuincy mayor target of fake news stories|author=Peoples, Vickie|publisher=Lake Charles American Press|date=September 19, 2016|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref>