Book burning time?

[John Dibble]

Oh please. Provided it even passes(which could happen, considering it's Alabama), as soon as this got to any federal court it would be called unconstitutional and that would be that.

[John Dibble]

I think he's a federal Congressman.

It's not unconstitutional to ban novels with gay characters from all public libraries, schools and state universities. Stupid maybe, but not unconstitutional.

Didn't say it was. I said it would probably be ruled so.

[John Dibble]

The fact is, this bill is just plain horrible. This bill would not only ban libraries from carrying fiction such as "The Color Purple," "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "Brideshead Revisted" but textbooks as well - and that includes in classrooms, not just libraries. In other words, it's a ban on science. If a university library wishes to purchase copies of a psychological journal that includes homosexual studies, those studies better be negative otherwise the journals will be banned, regardless of whether or not the study is scientifically valid or not.

Another problem is, it's really banning a viewpoint. It's open to too much interpretation. If a psychology textbook says that homosexuality is not a choice, but does not say it is a healthy lifestyle or even imply it, it could still be banned. You could end up throwing half the books in the libraries out - that's an efficient use of taxpayer money...NOT.

If you find this bill to be acceptable, I urge you to consider this - one day it may something you believe in that will be banned from all public libraries and classrooms. How would many of you like it if this bill was banning public libraries from buying books Christian characters in them or that presented Christianity as a healthy lifestyle? Personally, I don't really see a difference between this bill and one that has the same wording, but just replaces 'homosexual' with 'Christian' - both would be stupid and far too overboard.

Really, this is as bad as banning a book from high school reading lists because it contains the word 'n'. Twain was not a racist - he was really the opposite, but many of his books are banned because it contains a word, and characters that were racists. Racists exist whether or not these books are banned, and homosexuals will still exist as well. We're sacrificing education for political correctness, or incorrectness, whichever this case is.