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Pro-Book Burner, A Regular at the White House

HeadlineDec 16, 2004

The Guardian of London is reporting that the Alabama politician who has proposed banning books containing gay characters from public libraries has been a frequent guest of the Bush White House. Earlier this week, state legislator Gerald Allen was scheduled to visit the White House for the fifth time. Last month Allen put forward a state bill that would force all public libraries and schools in Alabama to throw out any book with a gay character or any book that simply recognizes homosexuality.

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