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Representative Gerald Allen (R-Cottondale) is so old school. He is now so concerned about the “homosexual agenda” that he is pushing a bill that would prohibit the use of public funds for “the purchase of textbooks or library materials that recognize or promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle.”
Allen said that if his bill passes, novels with gay protagonists and college textbooks that suggest homosexuality is natural would have to be removed from library shelves and destroyed.
“I guess we dig a big hole and dump them in and bury them,” he said.
A spokesman for the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center called the bill censorship.
“It sounds like Nazi book burning to me,” said SPLC spokesman Mark Potok.
Gerald, Gerald, Gerald. Is this really the America you want to live in? One where if you don’t agree with something written in a book you can just bury it in a big hole? It’s certainly not the America, or the Alabama, I want to live in.
Beyond that Gerald, as this morning’s article suggests, who is going to be making the determinations about what books/articles/speakers say homosexuality is acceptable. As the librarian suggests, you could ban half the books in the library, depending on how the law is interpreted. Does the word “unconstitutional” mean anything to you?
I encourage you to contact Representative Allen and tell him what you think of book banning.
State House: Room 531
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-7758
Tuscaloosa, AL 35407
Work Phone: (205) 556-5310
District: Post Office Box 71001
Home Phone: (205) 556-5310
**Crossposted at Polstate.com
**UPDATE: Mac has the appropriate response as well.
**UPDATE: Kenny comes out of the woodwork to comment on this one as well.
**UPDATE: Jesse at Hit and Run picked up on this as well and raises the issue of drawing the line as well.
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Law to Ban Homosexual Books Proposed
Representative Gerald Allen (R-Cottondale) is so old school. He is now so concerned about the “homosexual agenda” that he is pushing a bill that would prohibit the use of public funds for “the purchase of textbooks or library materials that recogniz…
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Praise God for strong Christian men like Rep. Allen who are willing to stand up for what’s right. If the Alabama Christian Coalition and Roy Moore get behind this bill then it will pass by a wide margin and when it does God will bless Alabama for its righteous stand against the leftist/communist/islamofascist/homosexual agenda.
Please call or write the Alabama Christian Coaltion today and *demand* their support of this bill. Their number is (334) 832-4688.
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Excuse me?
“standing up for what’s right”? Please be more specific. Is the government supposed to keep people from reading about anything you consider a sin?
Even if we accept that you think homosexuality is a sin, where are all the bills to ban books that talk about adultery, murder, coveting? Why is Representative Allen and the Christian Coalition of Alabama only going after this one particular sin? Why is that?
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So, if Rep. Allen succeeds, can we look forward to a big gay book burning in front of the capitol?
Hey, Christian Coalition, how about a “righteous stand” on issues that really affect people in this state, like tax reform, predatory lending, and adequate school funding? I guess those are too hard and get you less ink.
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Ouch Kristopher. Just ouch. Nahh, just been busy. But sometimes you have to make the time. Now maybe the day will be better prioritized.
First your Stern, then your Private Ryan, then your Fox specials, then your Declaration, then your books.
“All your thoughts are belong to us.”
Can’t wait until the First Amendment Center digs in. Feel free, all, to shoot them a note: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/
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Gay Book Ban Proposed by Alabama Legislator
Via the Birmingham News: Gay book ban goal of state lawmakerAn Alabama lawmaker who sought to ban gay marriages now wants to ban novels with gay characters from public libraries, including university libraries.
A bill by Rep. Gerald Allen, R-Cotton…
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Yeah, I’m with Moose. We’ve got to stop these gays with all their gayness. Like it says in Leviticus 20:13:
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them.
So we have to kill them all! And their books! Unclean! Unclean!
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