Alabama moves forward on gay book ban
State lawmakers in Alabama are proposing a bill to cut funding if libraries and community groups don't dispose of books and plays with gay characters or themes. Alabama State Rep. Gerald Allen, who sponsored the state ban on gay marriage last year, has the backing of President George W. Bush on the issue. He has already paid at least five visits to the White House where the two have discussed the bill in detail. The proposal would ban the use of state funds to purchase any books or other materials that promote homosexuality or present it as natural or normal.
Allen says of the books, "We dig a big hole and dump them in and bury them."
Central Florida Future
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