Fresh from the state that recently rejected removing segregation-era racist language from its state constitution, this latest bit of proposed bigotry:
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."
"Our culture, how we know it today, is under attack from every angle," Allen said in a press conference Tuesday.
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.
I started trying to compile a list of what might get pulled out of an Alabama library if this passes but it's too depressing. Walt Whitman, Lillian Hellman, and Tennassee Williams all make the hit list, and that's just the first few I thought up.
