NationStates Jolt Archive

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/26/eveningnews/main691106.shtml

I'm sorry if there's already been a topic on this, but this story rather interested me. I especially liked this bit:
"I don't look at it as censorship," says State Representative Gerald Allen. "I look at it as protecting the hearts and souls and minds of our children."
:rolleyes:

I'm glad this bill died.

"under his bill, public school libraries could no longer buy new copies of plays or books by gay authors, or about gay characters."

That's disgusting.

This would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

I agree with Nadkor.

"under his bill, public school libraries could no longer buy new copies of plays or books by gay authors, or about gay characters."

That's disgusting.
When I heard this story first, you know what I thought? I thought "so, the old Irish Catholic theocracy has moved to Alabama. wow!"

I can't imagine a state as progressive and foreward thinking as Alabama would consider passing a law like this.

Seriously though, do these idiots realize what harm they're doing to my nation's reputation?

This would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Thats the only thing I could think, too. So so sad :(

Honestly, this doesn't surprise me at all. 365gay.com reports on things like this happening in the US all the time. :(

And look at the end:

Editor's Note: When the time for the vote in the legislature came there were not enough state legislators present for the vote, so the measure died automatically.

real courage...

And look at the end:

real courage...

That's what jumped out at me...they didn't even try to make it pass. What a bunch of fuckoffs.

This stuff happens all the time, even here in the purportedly uber-liberal west coast of Canada - I remember hearing a story a couple years back about banning gay children's books from school libraries in one of the more conservative Vancouver suburbs.

Hmm...I wonder how many of the legislators not present were actually against the bill, and thwarted it by not there instead of voting against it. That's a scary thought in itself, that they would rather bury their heads in the sand than stand against something that is clearly wrong.

Damn so you guys experience a lot of censorship in the USA? I'm not surprised with someone like Bush holding the Presidency.
Guess I shouldn't take the lack of censorship, at least tangible censorship, in the UK for granted.
I feel for you :(

Damn so you guys experience a lot of censorship in the USA? I'm not surprised with someone like Bush holding the Presidency.
Guess I shouldn't take the lack of censorship, at least tangible censorship, in the UK for granted.
I feel for you :(
Lack of censorship in the UK? Are you kidding me? You have no concrete freedom of the press!

What can you expect from a state that just a few short decades ago allowed people who killed black men for looking at white women to go free? Let's give them some credit. They've come a long way. They're almost civilized now.

Hmm...I wonder how many of the legislators not present were actually against the bill, and thwarted it by not there instead of voting against it. That's a scary thought in itself, that they would rather bury their heads in the sand than stand against something that is clearly wrong.

Happens all the time. There were quite a few senators in the GA legislature who were going to do it with the gay marriage ban. Of course, the party whip came around and cowed them all into showing up.

That just seems rather spineless. Let's say you vote your conscience, and your constiuents disagree with your view. Oh well, stand up and take your medicine. If you don't have good enough spin doctors to save your campaign, they'll vote you out of office in the next election and get someone in who will vote their way.

I just find it sad that people use their religious beliefs to promote ignorance...not a new development either, considering how the Library of Alexandria burned.

I agree with Representative Allen. Books like The Iliad have been poisoning the minds of our children for generations!