Gay Book Ban proposed!!!

[southpaw]

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1101896768316400.xml

An 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-Cottondale, 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 he filed the bill to protect children from the "homosexual agenda."


Allen pre-filed his bill in advance of the 2005 legislative session, which begins Feb. 1. If the bill became law, public school textbooks could not present homosexuality as a genetic trait and public libraries couldn't offer books with gay or bisexual characters.


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.


Aside from the moral debates, the bill could be problematic for library collections, said Jaunita Owes, director of the Montgomery City-County Library, which is a few blocks from the Alabama Capitol.
"Half the books in the library could end up being banned. It's all based on how one interprets the material," Owes said.

[Sandpiper]

1. Alabamastan strikes again

George Wallace and Bull Connor would be proud.

[southpaw]

2. You should try living here!

Fundies are the rule, not the exception!

Shit like this could actually take root in the fertile soil of bigotry found in the deep south.

[Melodybe]

3. They'll have to ban the King James Bible then

it has gay characters and was commissioned by a gay man.

[gWbush is Mabus]

6. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chipper Chat]

4. Throw Mr. Allen in the hole with the books.

And use gasoline - not kerosene.
(Alabama libraries will be left with about half of their books. No bibles, no dictionaries, no screenplays, no sex manuals, etc:)

[AmerDem]

5. That will open Liz Cheney's eyes!

She best start gathering all of her "Sisters" books.

[DemoTex]

7. Only in Alerbamer ...

Unfortunately, I was born there. The best thing to ever come out of Alerbamer? The Greyhound bus with my ass on it.


Four More Years!

[bushisanidiot]

8. Oh, this is too easy. Let's just ban libraries and stop funding public

schools.

go to church. drink your kool-aid and shut the hell up.

[southpaw]

9. Really...

It's almost too ridiculous to take seriously!