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Ala. Legislator Proposes Banning Books w/ Gay Characters

HeadlineDec 03, 2004

In Alabama, Republican state legislator Gerald Allen has introduced a bill that would ban all novels with gay characters from public libraries, including universities. If the bill passes, Allen said books containing gay characters will have to be removed from library shelves and destroyed. One book that would have to be destroyed is “Sisters” a 1981 lesbian romance novel written by Lynne Cheney, the wife of DIck Cheney.

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