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Thursday, December 09, 2004
Oh, good ideaAlabama state representative Gerald Allen wants to cut state funding for books and plays that "promote homosexuality," writes the (Manchester) Guardian:
What should we do with US classics like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or The Color Purple? "Dig a hole," Gerald Allen recommends, "and dump them in it." Ha, ha, ha. Now, admittedly a seat in the Alabama state legislature is not a very high office, and you'd expect to find a joker like Allen in any congregation of Deep-Southern tubthumpers. But he's a fine example of the sort of idiot emboldened by the moral-turnout myth from last month, and for some reason he has the President's ear.
UPDATE: The Blue Lemur quotes a much better piece on this foolishness, and points out that under Allen's bill, Lynne Cheney's lesbian historical romance would also get pulled from a hypothetical college library and dumped into a hole.
That's Lynne Cheney, by the way -- the Vice President's wife, not his daughter. The book's out of print; old copies are hideously expensive. But it has a devoted following. One remark from the Amazon peanut gallery: "The female wankers of America need this book. Bring it back."
Thanks to Waterbones.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
6:13 PM
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