I think UFO-fanatic and Roswell conspiracy theorist DonAllen flies under the radar even of our Encyclopedia, despite brilliant pieceslikethis.
RepublicanState Senator of Alabama, Gerald Allen has a claim to notability, however.Allen’s main claim to fame is probably his effort to ban Sharia law in Alabama,in a bill that put it thusly: ”The courts shall not look to the legalprecepts of other nations or cultures. Specifically, the courts shall notconsider international law or Sharia.” Allen had to admit that his staff liftedthe legislation’s description of Sharia law from Wikipedia, and that he doesn’teven know what it is. Morehere.
Ok. But Allen has proposed silly things before. Back in 2004he proposed a bill thatwould ban any and all books that feature gay characters from public libraries in order to protect children from “the homosexual agenda” (Morehere).Allen’s move actually lead to the instigation of Ed Brayton’s celebratedRobert O’Brien trophy.When the ACLU called his bill stupid, an indignant Allen responded withthe following incomprehensibly unhinged screed:“The ACLU is anti-America, anti-Christian organization. It's (sic) leader isopenly gay. What about the freedoms and liberties of the Christian community?”
Diagnosis: I actually suspect Gerald Allen doesn’t reallyhave an opinion on these matters; he just doesn’t care. Fair enough. Now he’srewarded by being outed as a loon, and he will remain described as such inDigital until the end of the Internet.
Here’s twopercento’s (slightly old) steel cage match betweenAlabama and Virginia for being the looniest state.
No comments:
Post a Comment