# Alabama Rep: Get pro-gay books out of our colleges!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rep-get-pro-gay-books-out-of-our-colleges/278001>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 4, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rep-get-pro-gay-books-out-of-our-colleges/278001 "2004-12-04T01:22:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rep-get-pro-gay-books-out-of-our-colleges/278001/1 "2004-12-04T01:22:20Z")

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The latest proposal by [Alabama Representative Gerald Allen](http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1101896768316400.xml):

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> 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.
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> “I guess we dig a big hole and dump them in and bury them,” he said.

Now, I’m not going to suggest that Republicans in general think this is a good idea. I’m certain that most reasonable ones (ie the majority) would be shaking their heads in despair that this idiot is serving the cause of their opponents.

I’m just pointing at and condemning _this particular_ moron and all those who think like him.

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rep-get-pro-gay-books-out-of-our-colleges/278001/2 "2004-12-04T01:31:13Z")

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:eek:

Ugh. I have nothing to say.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rep-get-pro-gay-books-out-of-our-colleges/278001/3 "2004-12-04T01:33:59Z")

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This bill will never go anywhere.

Not even in Alabama.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rep-get-pro-gay-books-out-of-our-colleges/278001/4 "2004-12-04T01:38:06Z")

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> **[No Tennesee Williams for you!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289627)**
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> If I didn’t laugh I’d cry. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/10306144.htm "If the bill became law, public school textbooks could not present homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle, college theater groups would not be...

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rep-get-pro-gay-books-out-of-our-colleges/278001/5 "2004-12-04T01:42:24Z")

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> [@Reeder](#):
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289627](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289627)

Yes, as a great reason why descriptive thread titles should be demanded EVERYWHERE, not just in GD. 😛

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rep-get-pro-gay-books-out-of-our-colleges/278001/6 "2004-12-04T01:45:49Z")

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Agreed.